by George Yule · Ediciones Akal, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446025214
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«El lenguaje» is the introductory linguistics textbook by George Yule, published by Ediciones Akal in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
An introduction to linguistics covering the origin of language, child acquisition, conversation, speech differences between men and women, and social and regional variation. The third edition adds sections on language and culture, African American English, gestures and slang, and includes a glossary and exercises.
Third revised and expanded edition; number 18 in the Lingüística collection, translated from English by Nuria Bel Rafecas.
Aimed at university students and readers approaching linguistics for the first time.
George Yule was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888 at Allahabad, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was the founder of George Yule & Co. of London, and headed Andrew Yule & Co., of Calcutta. He served as Sheriff of Calcutta and President of Bengal Chamber of Commerce.
