This introductory book on linguistics is primarily meant for students of M.A. Linguistics in all 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 socialinguistics, anthropological linguistic, 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.
Tariq Rahman is presently the HEC Distinguished National Professor and Director of the National Institute of Pakistan Studies at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad. He has an M.A., M. Litt. and Ph.D. from British universities. He has been a Fulbright Scholar and a guest speaker in several American universities. He has also been a Guest Professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.
Dr. Rahman has published more than eighty research papers and nine books. One of his books, Language and Politics in Pakistan (OUP, 1996) was given two awards by the Government of Pakistan. His other books include; Language, Education and Culture (OUP, 1999), Unpleasant Essays, Education and Politics in Pakistan (Vanguardm 2000), Language, Ideology, and Power; Language-Learning among the Muslims of Pakistan and North India (OUP, 2002), Selected Short Stories (Al-Hamra, 2002), Denizens of Alien World: A Study of Education, Inequality and Polarization in Pakistan (OUP, 2004), and Poems of Autumn (Leo Books, 2004).
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