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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
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- 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)