Carol Genetti is a Professor of Linguistics and the Anne and Michael Towbes Graduate Dean at University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a specialist in Himalayan languages and in the documentation and description of previously undescribed languages. Her Grammar of Dolakha Newar (2007) was awarded the inaugural Von der Gabelentz book award from the international Association for Linguistic Typology. She has published numerous articles, especially on the syntax of clause combining in Tibeto-Burman languages, but also on phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse, typology, grammaticalization, grammar writing, and historical linguistics. In addition, Professor Genetti has a strong interest in the documentation and conservation of endangered languages. She was founding Director of the Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation (InField/CoLang) and Chair of the Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation.
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List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgements List of glossing conventions The book's approach For students: how to use this book Part I. Primary Chapters: 1. Introduction: language, languages, and linguistics Carol Genetti 2. Phonetics: physical dimensions of speech sounds Matthew Gordon 3. Phonology: organization of speech sounds Matthew Gordon 4. Morphology: what's in a word? Marianne Mithun 5. Word classes: evidence from grammatical behavior Carol Genetti 6. Syntax: words in combination Carol Genetti 7. Semantics: how language makes sense Michael Israel 8. Pragmatics: inference for language Mira Ariel 9. Discourse: language beyond the sentence Wallace Chafe 10. Prosody: the music of language Wallace Chafe 11. Language in the social world Mary Bucholtz and Lal Zimman 12. Language change: the dynamicity of linguistic systems Marianne Mithun 13. Language contact and areal linguistics Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 14. First language acquisition Patricia M. Clancy 15. Second language acquisition Dorothy Chun and Jan Frodesen Part II. Language Profiles: 1. Kabardian Matthew Gordon and Ayla Applebaum 2. Goemai Birgit Hellwig 3. Manange Kristine Hildebrandt 4. Finnish Ritva Laury 5. Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Toshihide Nakayama 6. South Conchucos Quechua Daniel J. Hintz 7. Tsez Bernard Comrie 8. Bardi Claire Bowern 9. Lowland Chontal Loretta O'Connor 10. Manambu Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Carol Genetti 11. African-American English Anne H. Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson 12. Indonesian Robert Englebretson 13. Seneca Wallace Chafe 14. Akkadian Guy Deutscher Glossary References Index Appendix: IPA summary sheet.
List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgements List of glossing conventions The book's approach For students: how to use this book Part I. Primary Chapters: 1. Introduction: language, languages, and linguistics Carol Genetti 2. Phonetics: physical dimensions of speech sounds Matthew Gordon 3. Phonology: organization of speech sounds Matthew Gordon 4. Morphology: what's in a word? Marianne Mithun 5. Word classes: evidence from grammatical behavior Carol Genetti 6. Syntax: words in combination Carol Genetti 7. Semantics: how language makes sense Michael Israel 8. Pragmatics: inference for language Mira Ariel 9. Discourse: language beyond the sentence Wallace Chafe 10. Prosody: the music of language Wallace Chafe 11. Language in the social world Mary Bucholtz and Lal Zimman 12. Language change: the dynamicity of linguistic systems Marianne Mithun 13. Language contact and areal linguistics Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 14. First language acquisition Patricia M. Clancy 15. Second language acquisition Dorothy Chun and Jan Frodesen Part II. Language Profiles: 1. Kabardian Matthew Gordon and Ayla Applebaum 2. Goemai Birgit Hellwig 3. Manange Kristine Hildebrandt 4. Finnish Ritva Laury 5. Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Toshihide Nakayama 6. South Conchucos Quechua Daniel J. Hintz 7. Tsez Bernard Comrie 8. Bardi Claire Bowern 9. Lowland Chontal Loretta O'Connor 10. Manambu Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Carol Genetti 11. African-American English Anne H. Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson 12. Indonesian Robert Englebretson 13. Seneca Wallace Chafe 14. Akkadian Guy Deutscher Glossary References Index Appendix: IPA summary sheet.
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