Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication
This popular introductory linguistics text is unique in the way various themes are integrated throughout the book. One primary theme is the question, "How is a speaker's communicative intent recognized?" Rather than treat phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics as completely separate fields, the text shows how they interact in principled ways. Similarly, language variation and acquisition are informed by results in these fields. The text provides a sound introduction…
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- Full title :Linguistics : an introduction to language and communication / Adrian Akmajian [and others].
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This popular introductory linguistics text is unique in the way various themes are integrated throughout the book. One primary theme is the question, "How is a speaker's communicative intent recognized?" Rather than treat phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics as completely separate fields, the text shows how they interact in principled ways. Similarly, language variation and acquisition are informed by results in these fields. The text provides a sound introduction to linguistic methodology while also revealing why people are intrinsically interested in language--the ultimate puzzle of the human mind.
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- Publication Date:©2001.
- Edition:5th ed
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- Publisher(s):MIT Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 604 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0262011859, 9780262011853, 0262511231, 9780262511230
- oclc:ocm45284733
- LC Classification:P121
- Dewey Decimal:410
Table of Contents
pt. I. The Structure of Human Language -- 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 -- -- pt. II. Communication and Cognitice 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 -- -- App. The Written Representation of Language.
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