This student-friendly and well-balanced overview of the field of introductory linguistics pays special attention to linguistic anthropology and reveals... the main contributions of linguistics to the study of human communication and how issues of culture are relevant. Its workbook format contains well-constructed exercises in every chapter that allow students to practice key concepts.

Prepare more effectively for exams and tests with chapter summaries, sample exercises with explanations, and additional exercises. Answers are provided... at the end of the guide.

Historical Development of Future Interests; Future Interests Classified and Distinguished; The Obsolete Destructibility Rule; Rule in Shelley's Case;... Worthier Title Doctrine; Alienability and Descendibility; Creditors' Claims; Partition of Future Interests in Land; Protection of Future Interests; Extinguishment of Future Interests; Nature, Classification and Creation; Claims of Creditors and Spouses; Execution; Termination by Release and by Renunciation; General Principles of Construction; Vested or Contingent Construction; Condition of Survivorship; Death Without Issue; Class Gifts; Other Construction Problems Related to Class Gifts; Construction When an Interest Fails; Direct Restraints on Alienation; Rule Against Perpetuities: Preview and History; Common Law Rule and Its Modern Amendments; New York Statutory Pattern: Suspension of the Power of Alienation; Duration of Indestructible Trusts.