You won't be a dummy once you work your way through Linguistics for Dummies!Learn about the building blocks of language, including phonetics, syntax, and semantics, as well as its cultural value with chapters on sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and linguistic typology. Engagingly written, you'll be able to keep up to speed with the main text, while plenty of sidebars offer tips, tricks, and interesting notes on the topic. 363 pages, indexed, softcover.