This textbook is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction for beginner students. The eighth edition has substantial changes to the chapters on Origins, Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, First and Second Language Acquisition, and Language and Culture, 40 new study questions and more than twenty new tasks.Publisher: Cambridge University PressAuthor(s): George (University of Hawaii, Manoa) YuleIllustration(s): Worked examples or ExercisesNumber of pages: 404Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 191 x 246 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softback