Search Results

Tools

Linguistics an introduction to language and communication

Title
Linguistics [electronic resource] : an introduction to language and communication / Adrian Akmajian ... [et al.].
Format
E-Book
Edition
6th ed.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
Description
xiv, 630 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
URL
Access for [BLOOMINGTON]
Other contributors
Akmajian, Adrian.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. Available on campus and off campus with authorized login.
Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the teacher
  • Part I. The structure of human language: Introduction
  • 1. What is linguistics?
  • 2. Morphology: the study of the structure of words
  • 3. Phonetics and phonemic transcription
  • 4. Phonology: the study of sound structure
  • 5. Syntax: the study of sentence structure
  • 6. Semantics: the study of linguistic meaning
  • 7. Language variation
  • 8. Language change
  • Part II: Communication and cognitive science
  • 9. Pragmatics: the study of language use and communication
  • 10. Psychology of language: speech production and comprehension
  • 11. Language acquisition in children
  • 12. Language and the brain
  • Appendix: the written representation of language
  • Glossary
  • Index.
Subject headings
Linguistics.
Genre heading
Electronic books.
ISBN
9780262013758 (hc : alk. paper) 9780262513708 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262013754 (hc : alk. paper) 0262513706 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Herman B Wells Library
Location
World Wide Web