How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9781108470148 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 704 str.

Carol Genetti

Opis

A fully revised introduction to language in use, containing in-depth language profiles, case studies, and online multimedia resources.

Recenzje

'… the book seems to cover its goals since each chapter of the first part explains explicitly the linguistic principles and structures and encourages students to apply methods in order to better perceive a linguistic phenomenon. Also, by reading the second part of the book, students will be able to observe different grammatical structures in different languages of the world and understand the linguistic diversity.' Georgios P. Georgiou, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

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.