TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jannedy, Stefanie  
AU  - Poletto, Robert 
AU  - Weldon, Tracey L. 
TI  - Language files: materials for an introduction to language & linguistics 
SN  - 9780814206454
U1  - 410 22
PY  - 1994///.
CY  - Columbus
PB  - The Ohio State university press
KW  - Linguistics
N1  - Contents;

1. Introduction 
1.1 Course objectives 
1.2 Major subfields of linguistics  
1.3 Speech and writing 
etc.

2. Animal communication 
2.1 True language?
2.2 The birds and the bees
2.3 Primate studies  

3. Phonetics 
3.1 The sounds of speech 
3.2 Articulation and description of English consonants 
3.3 Articulation and description of English vowels  
etc.

4. Phonology 
4.1 The value of sounds: Phonemes
4.2 Phonological rules
4.3 How to solve phonology problems  
etc.

5. Morphology 
5.1 The minimal units of meaning: Morphemes
5.2 Exercises in identifying morphemes 
5.3 The hierarchical structure of words  
etc.

6. Syntax 
6.1 Linear order, hierarchical structure, and ambiguity 
6.2 Lexical categories  
6.3 Phrasal categories  
etc.

7. Semantics 
7.1 What is meaning? 
7.2 Meaning relationships 
7.3 Semantic composition 

8. Pragmatics 
8.1 Meaning and context 
8.2 Speech acts 
8.3 Rules of conversation 
etc.

9. Psycholinguistics 
9.1 Language and the brain
9.2 The innateness hypothesis 
9.3 Theories of language acquisition 
etc.
10. Historical linguistics 
10.1 Language change 
10.2 The family tree and wave models 
10.3 Sound change 
etc.

11. Language contact 
11.1 Language contact 
11.2 Pidgin languages 
11.3 Creole languages 
etc.

12. Language variation 
12.1 Introduction to language variation 
12.2 Variation at different levels of linguistic structure 
12.3 Language and socioeconomic status 
etc.

13. Visual languages 
13.1 True language?
13.2 American sign language 

14. Language in a wider context  
14.1 The whorf hypothesis 
14.2 Color terms 
14.3 An official language for the United States 
14.4 Language and computers 
etc.

; Glossary : p. 453-467 . _ Language index : p. 469 . _ Index : p. 471-477.
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