From Language to Communication focuses on the structure of texts and on the social and psychological aspects of language. Utilizing current thinking and researc

Presents eight specially written chapters which provide a coherent survey of major issues in the study of language and communication, and which show how these a

This book will serve to provide the reader with the communicative and language skills necessary to function in modern society, discussing the language and commu

Beginning with the phonetic approach to communication, this introduction to the study of language examines in detail the physiology of speech and hearing, the a

In line with the overall perspective of the Handbook series, the focus of Vol.9 is on language-related problems arising in the context of linguistic diversity a