Language : its structure and use
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Language : its structure and use
Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1999
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Language: Its Structure and Use 3/e is the second best-selling text in the introduction-to-linguistics market, behind our own Fromkin. Each of the fifteen chapters includes detailed coverage of its major concepts, illustrated by numerous examples and figures from a wide variety of languages. Finegan is the only introductory linguistics text that is linked to a workbook (Frommer 2/e).
Table of Contents
- 1. Languages and Linguistics I. Language Structures
- 2. Words and Their Parts: Lexicon and Morphology
- 3. The Sounds of Languages: Phonetics
- 4. The Sound Systems of Languages: Phonology
- 5. Sentence Structures and Their Functions: Syntax
- 6. Meaning in Words and Sentences: Semantics
- 7. Language Universals and Language Typology II. Language Use 8. Speech Acts and Conversation: Pragmatics I
- 9. Information Structure: Pragmatics II
- 10. Language Variation Across Social Situations: Registers
- 11. Language Variation Across Social Groups: Dialects
- 12. Relationships Between Writing and Speaking III. Language Change and Language Development 13. Language Change Over Time: Historical Linguistics I
- 14. The Origins of Modern English: Historical Linguistics II
- 15. Acquiring First and Second Languages
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