TY - BOOK AU - Pullum,Geoffrey K. TI - Linguistics: why it matters SN - 9781509530762 AV - P123 .P85 2018 U1 - 410 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge, UK, Medford, MA PB - Polity KW - Linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references; What makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us N2 - "Linguistics applies the analytical methods of the sciences to a subject formerly thought to belong mainly to the humanities: language. Geoff Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which the study of linguistics matters. With its close relationships to other disciplines, the subject has a compelling human story to tell"-- ER -