Dr. Elizabeth Grace Winkler (USA Western Kentucky University), Trini Stickle (USA Western Kentucky University)

Understanding Language

A Basic Course in Linguistics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An introduction to linguistics assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the key areas of linguistics in an easy to understand, jargon-free way. Fully updated, with two new chapters, expanded coverage throughout, a wealth of illustrative examples, and accompanied by a companion website, this is an essential introduction for any student studying linguistics for the first time"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781350355231
• ISBN-10: 1350355232
• Artikelnr.: 69918350

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Grace Winkler is Faculty Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, USA. Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Western Kentucky University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Defining and Acquiring
Language 1. What Every Native Speaker Secretly Understands 2. Human
Language versus Animal Communication Systems 3. First Language Acquisition
4. Second Language Acquisition 5. Language, the Brain and the Mind Part II:
Structures of Language 6. Phonetics 7. Phonology 8. Morphology: The Grammar
of Words 9. Syntax: Grammatical Structures Part III: Language in Use 10.
Semantics: Language and Meaning 11. Pragmatics: Language in Use 12.
Historical Linguistics: The Development of English 13. Language Variation
and Change 14. World Englishes Bibliography Index