Thinking About Language: Theories of English

ISBN-13: 9781403922038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 184 str.

Siobhan Chapman

Opis

Thinking about Language encourages students to begin thinking about ways of seeing language and introduces past debates and current disputes on the way that human language works. The second half of the book explores some of the specific questions addressed by theorists, and the implications of different types of linguistic theory for the answers they have suggested. Chapman offers a balance between theory and application and provides an interesting and accessible introduction to the history of linguistic theory, the variety of different theoretical approaches to language study, and to the current state of the subject.

Spis treści

Series Preface.- Introduction.- PART 1: INTRODUCING LANGUAGE THEORY.- Theory in Language Study.- Language is....- PART II: APPLYING LANGUAGE THEORY.- How Do Words Work?.- How Does Language Relate to the World?.- Is Language Like a Code?.- How is Language Related to Thought?.- How Does Context Affect Meaning?.- Is Language Logical?.- How Do Children Learn Language?.- A Final Thought: Do Other Animals have Language?.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

SIOBHAN CHAPMAN is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her publications include Accent in Context, Philosophy for Linguists, Paul Grice, Philosopher and Linguist and Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language.