Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication
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Cambridge, Mass.
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MIT Press
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c2010
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xiv, 630 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Adrian Akmajian ... ]et al.[
ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE
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CONTENTS NOTE
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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 -- 01. Psychology of language: speech production and comprehension -- 11. Language acquisition in children -- 21. Language and the brain -- Appendix: the written representation of language -- Glossary -- Index