Download or read book A COURSE IN LINGUISTICS, THIRD EDITION written by PRASAD, TARNI and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact and student-friendly text, now in its Third Edition, continues to cover in a single volume the diverse aspects of Linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, and language families. It also deals, in detail, with Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Stylistics. Written in a clear and easy-to-understand style, this book is thoroughly practical and should be of great help to students in understanding the basic concepts with ease. The third edition incorporates a new chapter on Cognitive Linguistics, an interdisciplinary branch which explains the mental processes involving language acquisition, storage, comprehension of speech, production of speech and writing. The book is intended as a text for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students [BA (Hons.) and MA] of English, and undergraduate and postgraduate students [BA (Hons.) and MA] of Linguistics. In addition, this book would be of great help to all those who wish to have a general knowledge of English linguistics. KEY FEATURES • All the concepts of linguistics are discussed in a single book. • Linguistic concepts are explained in detail, with examples, diagrams, and tables for better comprehension of the subject. TARGET AUDIENCE • BA (Hons.) English • MA English • BA (Hons.) Linguistics • MA Linguistics