What is linguistics? / [print]
David Crystal.
- fourth edition.
- London : Edward Arnold, (c)1985.
- 83 pages ; 20 cm
Previous edition: 1974.
Includes bibliographies and index.
What linguistics is not. The history of language -- Language learning and teaching -- Evaluation -- Traditional approaches -- Logic and language -- Definitions -- Prescriptive versus descriptive -- What linguistics is. The science of language -- Language -- The functions of language -- The structure of language -- The nature of linguistics -- The uses of linguistics. Applications : language teaching and learning -- Other applications.