Language : its structure and use
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Thomson/Wadsworth ,
c2004
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Languages and linguistics
- Pt. 1 LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
- 2. Words and their parts: lexicon and morphology
- 3. The sounds of languages: phonetics
- 4. Sound systems of language: phonology
- 5. The structure and functions of phrases and sentences: syntax
- 6. The study of meaning: semantics
- 7. Language universals and language typology
- Pt. 2 LANGUAGE USE
- 8. Information structure and pragmatics
- 9. Speech acts and conversation
- 10. Registers and styles: language variation across situations of use
- 11. Language variation among social groups: dialects
- 12. Writing
- Pt. 3 LANGUAGE CHANGE, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
- 13. Language change over time: historical linguistics
- 14. Historical development in English
- 15. Acquiring first and second languages