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| Author | Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | linguistics |
| Genre | textbook |
| Publisher | Thomson/Heinle |
| Publication date | 1974 (1st ed), 2017 (11th ed) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781133310686 |
An Introduction to Language is a textbook by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams in which the authors provide an introduction to linguistics.
Reception
The book was reviewed by Judith W. Lindfors, Adam Glaz and Geoffrey Horrocks.123 Peter Ladefoged calls it a "successful book" whose success lies in its clarity and the wide range of topics covered.4
References
References
- Glaz, Adam (2004). "An Introduction to Language (review)". Language. 80 (1): 175. doi:10.1353/lan.2004.0023. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 143195467.
- "REVIEW". Language Learning. 25 (1): 163–192. June 1975. doi:10.1111/j.1467-1770.1975.tb00116.x.
- Horrocks, Geoffrey (September 1979). "Victoria Fromkin & Robert Rodman, An introduction to language, 2nd ed.New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978. Pp. 386". Journal of Linguistics. 15 (2): 384–385. doi:10.1017/S0022226700016571. ISSN 1469-7742. S2CID 143997732.
- Ladefoged, Peter (2003). "Victoria A. Fromkin". Language. 79 (4): 768–771. doi:10.1353/lan.2003.0248. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 4489525. S2CID 144178971.