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Aitchison Linguistics
A comprehensive academic reference covering linguistics, language, historical linguistics, phonetics, and semantics.
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00Cover1 min01Title.html1 min02Chapter 32 min03Acknowledgements1 min04Table of Contents2 min05Chapter 61 min06Chapter 71 min07Chapter 81 min08Chapter 92 min09Chapter 101 min10What is linguistics?11 min11What is language?15 min12The study of language11 min13Deciding where to begin9 min14Chapter 151 min15Sound patterns12 min16Words and pieces of words14 min17Sentence patterns16 min18Meaning16 min19Chapter 201 min20Using language13 min21Language and society25 min22Language and mind22 min23Language and style12 min24Chapter 251 min25Language change16 min26Comparing languages16 min27Attitudes towards change7 min28Chapter 291 min29Seeking a suitable framework12 min30Trouble with transformations13 min31Back to basics10 min32Chapter 332 min33Chapter 3413 min34Chapter 351 min35Chapter 363 min36Index6 min37About kaOS1 min38Copyright1 min