This compact and student-friendly text covers in a single volume the diverse aspects of Linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, and language families. It also deals, in detail, with Applied Linguistics, Socio-linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Stylistics. Written in a straight-forward and easy-to-understand style, this book is thoroughly practical and should be of great help to students in understanding the basic concepts with ease.