LYONS, J., — Language and Linguistics. An Introduction.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1983. XI,356p. Original black cloth with pictorial dust wrappers. Spine gilt titled. Dust wrappers to spine a little bit discoloured. ‘Language and Linguistics’ presents a mainly nontechnical introduction to linguistics. Lyons gives a general overview of several of the major current approaches to the study of language. He focuses on both the differences among these approaches and the ways in which they are interrelated and can be seen as complementing each other. (…) As an introductory text, ‘Language and Linguistics’, in spite of certain shortcomings, is well-balanced and challenging, ands shows clearly that there are many interesting impirical issues involving language which can be studied fruitfully from many perspectives.’ (LOUIS MANGIONE in American Anthropologist, 1982, pp.745-746). From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Ludo De Lannoy.