PDF #2 – Kirsten Malmkjaer – Encyclopedia of Linguistics Second Edition 2002
You are reading something, or listening to a lecture, or taking part in a conversation about language. You notice an unfamiliar term, or realize that you don’t know enough about what is being said to understand. At this point, you should seek out this encyclopedia. Strategies for the use of encyclopedias differ, but this one is designed to allow you to proceed in one of three ways:
- You can consult the index at the back of the book, where you will find the term or subject in question appearing in its alphabetically determined place, with a page reference, or several, which will tell you where in the main body of the work it is defined, described and/or discussed.
- If you are looking for a major field of linguistic study, you can consult the
List of entries immediately before this Preface. - l You can simply dive into the body of the work.
The entries are designed to be informative and easy to access. They do not provide as much information as you will find in a full book on any given topic, but they contain sufficient information to enable you to understand the basics, and to decide whether you need more.
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