''An Introduction to Language'' is a textbook by Victoria Fromkin,

Robert Rodman Robert Rodman (1940-2017) was a professor of computer science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rodman attended UCLA, where he worked with linguist Victoria Fromkin and authored the bestselling linguistics textbook ...

, and Nina Hyams in which the authors provide an introduction to

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

Reception

The book was reviewed by Judith W. Lindfors, Adam Glaz and Geoffrey Horrocks.

Peter Ladefoged Peter Nielsen Ladefoged ( , ; 17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and phonetician. He was Professor of Phonetics at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he taught from 1962 to 1991. His book ''A Course ...

calls it a "successful book" whose success lies in its clarity and the wide range of topics covered.

References

External links

An Introduction to Language
1974 non-fiction books Linguistics textbooks {{ling-book-stub