Linguistics

The volume contains classic and introductory texts on the core areas and most important theories of linguistics, including Humboldt, Frege, Paul, de Saussure, Bloomfield, Bühler, Wittgenstein, Trubetzkoy, Chomsky, Austin, Grice, Tomasello, and others. The texts are preceded by introductory presentations that set the stage for independent access and critical comparative reading. The book is divided into the following subject areas: theories of language; language and action; discourse and conversation; sounds, tones, characters; word form, word structure, word type; sentence, utterance, text; meaning. Transcripts, tasks, and data on more remote languages allow for hands-on practice. The Reader has proven itself as an introduction to the basic questions of linguistics as well as for in-depth study and exam preparation. It is now available in a fourth, updated edition.