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This book describes an investigation of the subset of general language used in definition sentences and the development of a taxonomy of definition types, a gra

Definition is a basic activity of language, of particular importance to linguists because of its use of language to describe itself. Beyond this inherent signif

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the be

Bringing together theory, research, and practice to dismantle Anti-Black Linguistic Racism and white linguistic supremacy, this book provides ethnographic snaps

Professor Sapir analyzes, for student and common reader, the elements of language. Among these are the units of language, grammatical concepts and their origins