Suggested Readings. - Study Questions. - List of new words. - Glossary of Technical Terms. - Bibliography.

Language: An introduction. - Phonetics and Phonemics. - Morphemics. - Syntax. - Semantics: The Study of Meaning. - Practical Application: Language in Use.

This book contains extracts from articles and books by well-known linguists. It covers the basic principles and practices or modern linguistic science, and, for the teacher of English especially, it serves as an introduction to the structure of the English language - from sound to sentence. -- The extracts have been simplified so that they can be used as texts in linguistic courses, teacher training colleges, and colleges of education.