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Understanding language : a basic course in linguistics / Elizabeth Grace Winkler and Trini Stickle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024Edition: Third editionDescription: x, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781350355231
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Understanding language.DDC classification:
  • 410 W729u 23/eng/20231229
LOC classification:
  • P121 .W75 2024
Contents:
Part I. Defining and acquiring language -- What every native speaker secretly understands -- Human language versus animal communication systems -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition -- Language, the brain and the mind -- Part II. Structures of language -- Phonetics -- Phonology -- Morphology: the grammar of words -- Syntax: grammatical structures -- Part III. Language in use -- Semantics: language and meaning -- Pragmatics: language in use -- Historical linguistics: the development of English -- Language variation and change -- World englishes.
Summary: "An introduction to linguistics assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the key areas of linguistics in an easy to understand, jargon-free way. Fully updated, with two new chapters, expanded coverage throughout, a wealth of illustrative examples, and accompanied by a companion website, this is an essential introduction for any student studying linguistics for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Defining and acquiring language -- What every native speaker secretly understands -- Human language versus animal communication systems -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition -- Language, the brain and the mind -- Part II. Structures of language -- Phonetics -- Phonology -- Morphology: the grammar of words -- Syntax: grammatical structures -- Part III. Language in use -- Semantics: language and meaning -- Pragmatics: language in use -- Historical linguistics: the development of English -- Language variation and change -- World englishes.

"An introduction to linguistics assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the key areas of linguistics in an easy to understand, jargon-free way. Fully updated, with two new chapters, expanded coverage throughout, a wealth of illustrative examples, and accompanied by a companion website, this is an essential introduction for any student studying linguistics for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.

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