An Introduction to Language and LinguisticsRalph Fasold, Jeffrey Connor-Linton This accessible textbook is the only introduction to linguistics in which each chapter is written by an expert who teaches courses on that topic, ensuring balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of the full range of modern linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge the text offers a clear introduction to the traditional topics of structural linguistics (theories of sound, form, meaning, and language change), and in addition provides full coverage of contextual linguistics, including separate chapters on discourse, dialect variation, language and culture, and the politics of language. There are also up-to-date separate chapters on language and the brain, computational linguistics, writing, child language acquisition, and second-language learning. The breadth of the textbook makes it ideal for introductory courses on language and linguistics offered by departments of English, sociology, anthropology, and communications, as well as by linguistics departments. |
Contents
Section 1 | 15 |
Section 2 | 50 |
Section 3 | 55 |
Section 4 | 97 |
Section 5 | 102 |
Section 6 | 103 |
Section 7 | 104 |
Section 8 | 105 |
Section 17 | 275 |
Section 18 | 318 |
Section 19 | 343 |
Section 20 | 344 |
Section 21 | 373 |
Section 22 | 401 |
Section 23 | 412 |
Section 24 | 413 |
Section 9 | 108 |
Section 10 | 115 |
Section 11 | 169 |
Section 12 | 205 |
Section 13 | 208 |
Section 14 | 235 |
Section 15 | 242 |
Section 16 | 250 |
Section 25 | 414 |
Section 26 | 418 |
Section 27 | 422 |
Section 28 | 423 |
Section 29 | 433 |
Section 30 | 465 |
Section 31 | 491 |
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