The Study of Language

I used this book as a primer to the field of linguistics. I feel like this book does a veery good job at just that : introducing a variety of linguistic fields to the uninitiated. There are also helpful exercises to test knowledge and find additional reading material for more in-depth discussion. I particularly like the simple examples that are used without too much technical jargon. Overall, a good find. Also, George Yule was educated at Edinburgh which is quite known for its linguistics affiliations. So that's good.

I am sharing pictures of index. So that you can easily see what is mention in this book.

Useful for language learners

This book will be very useful for Linguistics and it shows in depth of it, in very simplifed manner. There were Excerises also for practice.

Use for english students the book gave more examples for every topic easy to understand simple english.

Absolutely good.

Nice for literature student

Good

È arrivato in netto anticipo rispetto alla data di consegna con un ottimo imballo. Il libro è perfetto praticamente pari al nuovo consiglio l'acquisto.

This book is a very well-written, clear, and reasonably complete introduction to the elements of human language and introductory topics of linguistics. It would serve well as an introductory textbook for non-Linguistics majors, foreign language majors, and education majors who may be required to take a language study course. It could also serve in the same capacity for high school courses that fit a college-bound curriculum. In all cases, it is a pleasant read for anyone interested in the story of human languages. As a textbook, it is reasonably-priced and compact. There is really little else in this niche that can compare to this textbook. The standard for a more rigorous introduction to linguistics study probably remains the Fromkin editions, and they are considerably more expensive.

初版が出たのは1985年で、その後第2版（1996）、第3版（2006）、第4版（2010）、第5版（2014）と続き、今回の第6版（2017）に至った。評者は改訂版が出るたびに買い足していったので今ここで6冊並べてみると、非常に息の長い概論書で長い間お世話になったものだと改めて感銘した。内容についていえば、章の合体・分岐など多少の変化はあるが全体で20章という大きな構成は変わらない。しかし、各章の中は細部にわたり修正加筆がなされている。たとえば、コーパス言語学への言及は初版・第2版ではないが、第3版以降「意味論」の章で取り上げられるなど。各版を見比べてみると言語学の流れが分かって興味深い。 非常に読みやすい概論書である。言語学の概論書をお探しの方にお薦めする。なお、評者は所有していないが、初版には『現代言語学20章―ことばの科学 』（大修館書店、1987）という日本語訳があるようだ。

The Study of Language weist alle Eigenschaften auf, die ein anspruchsvoller Einleitungstext für Studierende der Psycholinguistik aufweisen kann. - Der Inhalt ist aktuell und umfasst alle Arbeitsbereiche der Psycholinguistik. - Die sprachliche Form ist klar und auch Einsteigern zugänglich. - Die graphische Gestaltung unterstützt die sachverständige inhaltliche Gliederung sehr gut.

Una introducción sumamente accesible, si bien básica, a la ciencia del lenguaje. Si estudias letras u otra carrera afín, este libro es, todavía, uno de los mejore materiales que puedes encontrar en el mercado.