The Study of Language
The Study of Language
This revised and updated edition incorporates many changes that reflect developments in language study over the past decade. There is an entirely new chapter on pragmatics, with an expansion of the chapter on semantics. The explosion of interest in many of the 'applied' areas of language study is also reflected in additional sections on speech recognition systems, sign languages, women's and men's language, input in language learning, and several other topics. The Study Questions and Discussion Topics have also been thoroughly revised; and the Further Reading sections have been revised, updated and expanded. The presentation retains the clear and lively style which made the first edition a hugely popular introduction to the study of language.
- Second edition of bestseller on linguistics list (12,000 copies a year worldwide)
- Updated to take account of changes in study of linguistics, e.g. new chapter on pragmatics, more on semantics, section on women's and men's language
- Extensive Further Reading and Exercise sections
- Author of Discourse Analysis
Reviews & endorsements
'An impressive breadth of coverage ... clear presentation, lucid style and accessibility ... a solid foundation for further study in linguistics as well as being a pleasure to read in its own right.' Alan Smith, Web Journal of Modern Languages and Linguistics
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308 pages
228 × 152 × 19 mm
0.5kg
31 b/w illus. 1 map
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The origins of language
- 2. The development of writing
- 3. The properties of language
- 4. Animals and human language
- 5. The sounds of language
- 6. The sound patterns of language
- 7. Words and word-formation processes
- 8. Morphology
- 9. Phrases and sentences: grammar
- 10. Syntax
- 11. Semantics
- 12. Pragmatics
- 13. Discourse analysis
- 14. Language and machines
- 15. Language and the brain
- 16. First language acquisition
- 17. Second language acquisition/learning
- 18. Sign language
- 19. Language history and change
- 20. Language varieties
- 21. Language, society and culture
- Appendix: suggested answers to study questions
- References
- Index.
