Theory of Language

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Summary: theory of language
Review: This book was a disappointment. Although familiar with modern linguistics, I was looking for a basic introductory book for a review of the current state of the art. This book is not it. While the content does cover all of the basic elements of linguistics, it is poorly written. It suffers mostly from jumps in its reasoning and explanations; at frist going very slowly over a topic, then leaping to a conclusion. The boxes with "pros and cons" of an issue seem forced and at times struggle to be "politically correct". I was disappointed and would not recommend this book either as a text or as a review.