Language : its structure and use /

Finegan, Edward.

Language : its structure and use / Edward Finegan - Sixth Edition - Unites States of America : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2012 - xxv, 563 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part1. Language Structure -- Part2. Language Use -- Part3. Language Change, Language Development and Language Acquisition .

For century upon century, philosophers, rhetoricians and grammarian have analyzed the uses to which people put language in their everyday lives and the linguistics structures and social structures supporting that use.

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