Linguistics for everyone : an introduction /
Denham, Kristin.
Linguistics for everyone : an introduction / Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck - Second Edition - Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013 - xxv, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What Is Language and How Do We Study It? -- 2. The Human Capacity for Language -- 3. Phonetics: Describing Sounds -- 4. Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language -- 5. Morphology: Words and Their Parts -- 6. Morphological Typology and Word Formation -- 7. Syntax: Heads and Phrases -- 8. Syntax: Phrase Structure and Syntactic Rules -- 9. Semantics: Making Meaning with Words -- 10. Semantics and Pragmatics: Making Meaning with Sentences -- 11. The Early Story of English -- 12. English Goes Global -- 13. Representing Language: The Written Word -- 14. The Life Cycle of Language.
Linguistic is a scientific study of language. Linguistic for everyone will lead you through the story of language, of how we acquire it as children and how it change overtime. We look at how language varies from country to country , region to region and even city to city.
9781111836603
LINGUISTIC
PE 1112 .D46 2013
Linguistics for everyone : an introduction / Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck - Second Edition - Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013 - xxv, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What Is Language and How Do We Study It? -- 2. The Human Capacity for Language -- 3. Phonetics: Describing Sounds -- 4. Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language -- 5. Morphology: Words and Their Parts -- 6. Morphological Typology and Word Formation -- 7. Syntax: Heads and Phrases -- 8. Syntax: Phrase Structure and Syntactic Rules -- 9. Semantics: Making Meaning with Words -- 10. Semantics and Pragmatics: Making Meaning with Sentences -- 11. The Early Story of English -- 12. English Goes Global -- 13. Representing Language: The Written Word -- 14. The Life Cycle of Language.
Linguistic is a scientific study of language. Linguistic for everyone will lead you through the story of language, of how we acquire it as children and how it change overtime. We look at how language varies from country to country , region to region and even city to city.
9781111836603
LINGUISTIC
PE 1112 .D46 2013