{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-language-9780470658963","title":"An Introduction to Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Language\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging guide to the nature of language, focusing on how language works - its sounds, words, structures, and phrases - all investigated through wide-ranging examples from Old English to contemporary pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the idea of a scientific approach to language, inviting students to consider what qualities of language comprise everyday skills for us, be they sounds, words, phrases, or conversation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps shape our understanding of what language \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e, how it \u003ci\u003eworks\u003c\/i\u003e, and why it is both elegantly complex and essential to who we are\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes exercises within each chapter to help readers explore key concepts and directly observe the patterns that are part of all human language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines linguistic variation and change to illustrate social nuances and language-in-use, drawing primarily on examples from English\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoids linguistic jargon, focusing instead on a broader and more general approach to the study of language, and making it ideal for those coming to the subject for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupported by additional web resources - available upon publication at www.wiley.com\/go\/hazen\/introlanguage - including student study aids and testbank and notes for instructors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirk Hazen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at West Virginia University. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eResearch Methods in Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Janet Holmes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635436716306,"sku":"9780470658963","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0012aa66-f16c-42e9-80bb-170ce6800f0c.jpg?v=1759235794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-language-9780470658963","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}