This book sets itself three objectives. Firstly, it aims to provide a general and readable insight into the phenomenon of language in order to gain the reader's attention for this fascinating and uniquely human ability; secondly, it sees itself not only as an introduction to language but also as a fully-fledged introduction to linguistics which deals with all branches of the subject, and thirdly, the readers should be motivated and sensitised to continue their studies of language from a scientific standpoint on their own initiative.

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Der Autor ist Linguist und Informationswissenschaftler. Er war wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft und Projektmitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft der Universität Regensburg.