Denham, Kristin E., 1967-

Linguistics for everyone : an introduction / Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck. - International Edition. - Australia : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2013] - xxv, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

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