An introduction to language and linguistics / edited by Ralph Fasold and Jeff Connor-Linton. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xv, 540 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-531) and index.

Introduction / Ralph Fasold and Jeff Connor-Linton -- The sounds of language / Elizabeth Zsiga -- Words and their parts / Donna Lardiere -- The structure of sentences / David Lightfoot and Ralph Fasold -- Meaning / Paul Portner -- Discourse / Deborah Schiffrin -- Child language acquisition / Kendall A. King -- Language and the brain / Michael T. Ullman -- Language change / Shaligram Shukla and Jeff Connor-Linton / Dialect variation / Natalie Schilling-Estes -- Language and culture / Deborah Tanne -- The politics of language / Ralph Fasold -- Writing / Jeff Connor-Linton -- Second language acquisition / Alison Mackey -- Computational linguistics / Inderjeet Mani.

9780521847681 (hbk.) 0521847680 (hbk.) 9780521612357 (pbk.) 0521612357 (pbk.)

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013354538 Uk


Linguistics.
Language and languages.
Linguistique.
Langage et langues.
Taal.
Lingučistiek.

P121 / .I35 2006

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