Fundamentals Of Language (janua Linguarum. Series Minor) [Paperback]

Jakobson and Halle's initial statement of the principles of linguistic organization should be made available to all future generations of linguists. It builds a solid foundation for Saussurean thinking about linguisic oppositions and establishes distinctive feature theory as the basis of their formal treatment. Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics