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| author = [[Victoria Fromkin]], [[Robert Rodman]], and [[Nina Hyams]]

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| pub_date = 1974 (1st ed), 20112017 (9th11th ed)

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'''''An Introduction to Language''''' is a textbook by [[Victoria Fromkin]], [[Robert Rodman]], and [[Nina Hyams]] in which the authors providesprovide an introduction to [[linguistics]].

==Reception==

The book was reviewed by Judith W. Lindfors, Adam Glaz and Geoffrey Horrocks.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Glaz |first1=Adam |title=An Introduction to Language (review) |journal=Language |date=2004 |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=175–175175 |doi=10.1353/lan.2004.0023 |s2cid=143195467 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/53528 |issn=1535-0665|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=REVIEW |journal=Language Learning |date=June 1975 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=163–192 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-1770.1975.tb00116.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1975.tb00116.x |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Horrocks |first1=Geoffrey |title=Victoria Fromkin & Robert Rodman, An introduction to language, 2nd ed.New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978. Pp. 386. |journal=Journal of Linguistics |date=September 1979 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=384–385 |doi=10.1017/S0022226700016571 |s2cid=143997732 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-linguistics/article/abs/victoria-fromkin-robert-rodman-an-introduction-to-language-2nd-ednew-york-holt-rinehart-winston-1978-pp-386/CCFA0439046FFA29856CDD56F4AF0D8B |language=en |issn=1469-7742|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Peter Ladefoged]] calls it a "successful book" whose success lies in its clarity and the wide range of topics covered.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ladefoged |first1=Peter |title=Victoria A. Fromkin |journal=Language |date=2003 |volume=79 |issue=4 |pages=768–771 |doi=10.1353/lan.2003.0248 |jstor=4489525 |s2cid=144178971 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4489525 |issn=0097-8507|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://books.google.com/books/about/An_Introduction_to_Language.html?id=rM_ntI7923AC An Introduction to Language]

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