| Edition |
6th ed. |
| Description |
xi, 356 p. : ill., tables, chart ; 25 cm. |
| Summary |
This bestselling textbook is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction for beginner students. Broad yet concise, this overview of key topics draws students in. The sixth edition includes substantial changes to the chapters on phonetics, grammar and syntax, eighty new study questions and twenty new tasks. |
| Contents |
Preface; -- 1. The origins of language; -- 2. Animals and human language; -- 3. The sounds of language; -- 4. The sound patterns of language; -- 5. Word-formation; -- 6. Morphology; -- 7. Grammar; -- 8. Syntax; -- 9. Semantics; -- 10. Pragmatics; -- 11. Discourse analysis; -- 12. Language and the brain; -- 13. First language acquisition; -- 14. Second language acquisition/learning; -- 15. Gestures and sign languages; -- 16. Written language; -- 17. Language history and change; -- 18. Regional variation in language; -- 19. Social variation in language; -- 20. Language and culture; -- Glossary; -- References; -- Index. |
| Subject |
Language and languages
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Linguistics
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| ISBN |
9781316606759 (pbk.) |
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