Trask R.L. Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics

London, New York: Routledge, 1999. — 276 p. — This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. — ISBN: 0-203-26534-3The book in your hand is neither a dictionary nor an encyclopedia, but something in between. As its title suggests, it provides fairly detailed coverage of nearly 300 key concepts in the study of language. The named concepts selected for inclusion are all among the most important in the field, and among those which every beginning student is likely to encounter.R.L.Trask is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. His numerous publications include The History of Basque (1996), Language: The Basics (1995), A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology (1995) and A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms (1993).Preface and acknowledgements
List of Key Concepts
Key Concepts