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The twitter machine : reflections on language

by N. V. Smith

This accessible introduction to modern theoretical linguistics demonstrates how theory is essential to understanding language phenomena. It addresses key linguistic questions by utilising Chomsky's generative grammar and Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory.

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