Contemporary Linguistics: An IntroductionWilliam O'Grady, Michael Dobrovolsky, Francis Katamba Contemporary Linguistics can be used from first year through to final year as a main text for students taking degree courses in linguistics, English language and cognitive science and by MA students on TEFL courses. It is also highly suitable for students taking language options in media and cultural studies, modern language, psychology and philosophy, as well as for speech therapy courses. Contemporary Linguistics : An introduction is a comprehensive, fully up-to-date introduction to linguistics. The book covers not only how language is structured, but also how it functions both socially and culturally, and how it is acquired and processed by speakers. It will prepare students to go on to more advanced work and, at the same time, will serve as a basic reference that students can continue to consult throughout their studies. The text explores all the core areas of linguistics as well as numerous interdisciplinary and related areas.
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Contents
grammars change over time | 9 |
the sounds of language | 18 |
Consonant articulation | 25 |
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Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction William Delaney O'Grady,Mark Aronoff No preview available - 1997 |
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adjective affricates allomorphs allophones alveolar analysis assignment auxiliary base called Cambridge chapter common complement compounds consonant consonantal contrast deep structure derived dialects diphthongs direct object discussion elements epenthesis example Figure foot French fricative glide glottal grammar human language illustrate Infl inflectional affixes involves language acquisition learners lexical lexical categories linguistic manner of articulation meaning minimal pairs Modern English morpheme morphological nasal nasal consonant noun occur Old English past tense patterns phonetic phonological phrase structure phrase structure rules place of articulation plural position pronounced pronunciation question representation represented result root rule second language segments semantic sentence sonorant sound change Spanish specifier speech spoken stress suffix syllable symbol syntax Table thematic role tone tongue transcribed underlying underlying representation University utterances velar verb vocal folds voiced voiceless stops vowel reduction word order