Linguistics : an introduction to language and communication

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Linguistics : an introduction to language and communication

Adrian Akmajian ... [et al.]

MIT Press, c1995

4th ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and index

Other authors: Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780262011501

Description

The fourth edition of "linguistics" has been thoroughly updated and science. This is especially evident in the chapter on language acquisition, which now includes sections on the acquisition of morphology, syntax and pragmatic competence. More special topics have also been added to give teachers greater freedom to shape courses to their own interests. The basic structure of the book, however, remains unchanged, with its focus on a small set of linguistic concepts that are fundamental to the field and that will allow students to get a feel for how work in different areas of linguistics is actually done. A new and expanded third edition of the companion "Linguistics Workbook" adds complementary material on universal and cross-language data. "Linguistics" is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the structural and interpretive aspects of language: morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, language variation, and language change. The second part is cognitively oriented and includes chapters on pragmatics, the psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. This new edition adds special topics to the chapters on morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, acquisition and language and the brain.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The structure of human language: what is linguistics?
  • morphology - the study of the structure of words
  • phonetics and phonemic transcription
  • phonology - the study of sound structure
  • syntax - the study of sentence structure
  • semantics - the study of meaning and denotation
  • language variation
  • language change. Part 2 Communication and cognitive science: pragmatics - the study of language use and communication
  • psychology of language - speech production and comprehension
  • language acquisition in children
  • language and the brain
  • the written representation of language.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780262510868

Description

The fourth edition of "linguistics" has been thoroughly updated and science. This is especially evident in the chapter on language acquisition, which now includes sections on the acquisition of morphology, syntax and pragmatic competence. More special topics have also been added to give teachers greater freedom to shape courses to their own interests. The basic structure of the book, however, remains unchanged, with its focus on a small set of linguistic concepts that are fundamental to the field and that will allow students to get a feel for how work in different areas of linguistics is actually done. A new and expanded third edition of the companion "Linguistics Workbook" adds complementary material on universal and cross-language data. "Linguistics" is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the structural and interpretive aspects of language: morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, language variation, and language change. The second part is cognitively oriented and includes chapters on pragmatics, the psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. This new edition adds special topics to the chapters on morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, acquisition and language and the brain.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA25994803
  • ISBN
    • 0262011506
    • 0262510863
  • LCCN
    95011668
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 577 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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