We offer our highest praise and gratitude to Almighty God, for it is by His grace that this book titled Introduction to General Linguistics has been successfully compiled and published. The presence of this book, Introduction to General Linguistics, is the result of a collaborative effort among academics and practitioners. Although it is far from perfect, we hope this book can serve as a reference or reading material for both academics and professionals. The structure of this book is organized into eight chapters, covering: introduction to the history of linguistics and the definition of language, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language corpus, and English corpora: coca. We extend our deepest gratitude to all parties who have fully contributed throughout the process of compiling and publishing this book. In particular, we would like to express our sincere thanks to Intelektual Manifes Media (Infes Media) as the initiator of this book. We acknowledge that this book still contains many shortcomings and limitations; therefore, suggestions from readers will be greatly appreciated for the improvement of future works. Finally, we hope this book will be of benefit to all readers.
We offer our highest praise and gratitude to Almighty God, for it is by His grace that this book titled Introduction to General Linguistics has been successfully compiled and published. The presence of this book, Introduction to General Linguistics, is the result of a collaborative effort among a...