Linguistics for Beginners

This introductory book on linguistics is primarily written for students of MA Linguistics studying in Pakistani universities. This book will also be essential reading for postgraduate and graduate students. The focus is on the basic concepts in linguistics, thus much space has been devoted to phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Concepts of sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, and educational linguistics have been comprehensively covered. The purpose is to enable students of general linguistics to use this introductory book before moving on to advanced texts in their area of interest. The language used and the explanations are simple in order to facilitate self-study. However, teachers too will benefit from this book and will also find it useful as a manual.