What Is Linguistics? [electronic resource] / Paul L. Garvin.

This paper represents introductory class material on linguistics. A definition of "linguistics" is attempted through a definition of "science" and "language." The American structuralist conception of linguistics as a science is characterized by the view that linguistics...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Garvin, Paul L.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974.
Subjects:	Articulation (Speech) Artificial Languages. Definitions. Descriptive Linguistics. Language. Language Universals. Linguistic Theory. Linguistics. Scientific Attitudes. Scientific Methodology. Structural Linguistics. Transformational Generative Grammar.