An Introduction to Linguistics: Language, Grammar and Semantics About the Author PUSHPINDER SYAL, M.A. (English), M.A. (Linguistics for ELT, Lancaster); Ph.D. (Lancaster), is teaching English and Linguistics at Panjab University, Chandigarh. She earned top positions throughout her academic studies and in her later academic pursuits. She has participated in numerous seminars and conferences, workshops and training courses. Professor Pushpinder Syal has to her credit several research papers and has guided many research students. DHARAM VIR JINDAL, M.A. (English); M.Ed.; PGDTE (CIEFL); Ph.D. (English Phonetics), was formerly with the Postgraduate Department of English, Government College, Ludhiana. Co-author of A Handbook of Pronunciation of English Words (published by Prentice-Hall of India) along with Prof. J. Sethi, he has written several books on English Grammar and Phonetics.