TY - BOOK AU - Denham,Kristin E. AU - Lobeck,Anne C. TI - Linguistics for everyone: an introduction SN - 1111836604 (paperback : International edition) PY - 2013/// KW - Linguistics KW - Textbooks N1 - 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 ER -