Language files : materials for an introduction to language & linguistics / edited by Stefanie Jannedy, Robert Poletto & Tracey L. Weldon.

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.