Linguistics for everyone : an introduction / Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck.
Material type: TextCopyright date: ©2013Edition: International EditionDescription: xxv, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1111836604 (paperback : International edition); 9781111836603 (paperback : International edition)Subject(s): Linguistics -- TextbooksItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | P121 .D35 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0003963L |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-528) and index.
What is language and how do we study it -- The human capacity for language -- Phonetics: describing sounds -- Phonology: the sound patterns of language -- Morphology: words and their parts -- Morphological typology and word formation -- Syntax: heads and phrases -- Syntax: phrase structure and syntactic rules -- Semantics: making meaning with words -- Semantics and pragmatics: making meaning with sentences -- The early story of English -- English goes global -- Representing language: the written word -- The life cycle of language.