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Linguistics : an introduction to language and communication / Adrian Akmajian ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.Edition: 6th edDescription: xiv, 630 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262013758 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780262513708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0262013754 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0262513706 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P121 .A4384 2010
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Note to the teacher -- Part I. The structure of human language: Introduction -- 1. What is linguistics? -- 2. Morphology: the study of the structure of words -- 3. Phonetics and phonemic transcription -- 4. Phonology: the study of sound structure -- 5. Syntax: the study of sentence structure -- 6. Semantics: the study of linguistic meaning -- 7. Language variation -- 8. Language change -- Part II: Communication and cognitive science -- 9. Pragmatics: the study of language use and communication -- 10. Psychology of language: speech production and comprehension -- 11. Language acquisition in children -- 12. Language and the brain -- Appendix: the written representation of language -- Glossary -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Note to the teacher -- Part I. The structure of human language: Introduction -- 1. What is linguistics? -- 2. Morphology: the study of the structure of words -- 3. Phonetics and phonemic transcription -- 4. Phonology: the study of sound structure -- 5. Syntax: the study of sentence structure -- 6. Semantics: the study of linguistic meaning -- 7. Language variation -- 8. Language change -- Part II: Communication and cognitive science -- 9. Pragmatics: the study of language use and communication -- 10. Psychology of language: speech production and comprehension -- 11. Language acquisition in children -- 12. Language and the brain -- Appendix: the written representation of language -- Glossary -- Index.

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