Linguistics for everyone : an introduction

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Denham, Kristin E. , 1967- (Author), Lobeck, Anne C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning , c2013
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Table of 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. Semantic : making meaning with words
  • 10. Semantic 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