Language and Symbolic Systems
Author | : Yuen Ren Chao |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1968-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521046165 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521046169 |
Rating | : 4/5 (169 Downloads) |
Download or read book Language and Symbolic Systems written by Yuen Ren Chao and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1968-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Chao covers the whole field of language and of modern developments in linguistics, with particular emphasis on those aspects which are likely to be most interesting to the layman. He emphasises the relationship between language and other aspects of human culture and discusses systems of writing, minority languages and problems of translation in this context.