Language : Its Structure and Use
ISBN: 9781413030556 | 1413030556
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 4/24/2007
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LANGUAGE: ITS STRUCTURE AND USE explains core concepts in an interactive style that you can understand no matter what your major. With features like "What Do You Think?" and "Try It Yourself," you'll understand what you're experiencing on campus and in the classroom from a linguistics perspective. The expanded study sections and the available workbook provide you with the tools you'll need for effective test prep.
| Language Structures | |
| Languages and Linguistics | |
| Words and Their Parts: Lexicon and Morphology | |
| The Sounds of Language: Phonetics | |
| The Sound Systems of Language: Phonology | |
| The Structure of Phrases and Sentences: Syntax | |
| The Study of Meaning: Semantics | |
| Language Universals and Language Typology | |
| Language Use | |
| ... MORE | |
| Speech Acts and Conversation | |
| Language Variation across Situations of Use: Registers | |
| Language Variations among Social Groups: Dialects | |
| Writing | |
| Language Change and Language Development | |
| Language Change over Time: Historical Linguistics | |
| Historical Development in English | |
| Acquiring First and Second Languages | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
| Index of Languages | |
| Index of Internet Sites | |
| Index of Videos | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
