num_pages: 176
description: Introducing Linguistics presents a summary of the history of linguistics, from Aristotle to Chomsky, and provides a review of the most recent and dramatic advances in the field, such as first language acquisition by children, language in the brain, sign languages, language change and linguistic prehistory, men's and women's language, language engineering and the universal properties of languages.
language: English
title: Introducing Linguistics
titlecomplete: Introducing Linguistics
genres: Language, Humanities, Science, Comics, Philosophy, Reference, Graphic Novels, Linguistics, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 863
series: Introducing Graphic Guides
publisher: Icon,Totem Books