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Linguistics for everyone : an introduction / Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013Edition: Second EditionDescription: xxv, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781111836603
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE 1112 .D46 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation General Education GC PE 1112 .D46 2013 c.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.3 Available NULIB000009919

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.

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