THE STUDY OF LANGUAGEPDF电子书下载

Chapter 1 The origins of language 1

Chapter 2 The development of writing 8

Chapter 3 The properties of language 16

Chapter 4 Animals and human language 25

Chapter 5 The sounds of language 33

Chapter 6 The sound patterns of language 44

Chapter 7 Words and word-formation processes 51

Chapter 8 Morphology 59

Chapter 9 Phrases and sentences: grammar 68

Chapter 10 Syntax 80

Chapter 11 Semantics and pragmatics 91

Chapter 12 Discourse analysis 104

Chapter 13 Language and machines 115

Chapter 14 Language and the brain 124

Chapter 15 First language acquisition 136

Chapter 16 Second language acquisition/learning 150

Chapter 17 Sign language 158

Chapter 18 Language history and change 167

Chapter 19 Language varieties 180

Chapter 20 Language, society and culture 190

Appendix: Suggested answers to Study questions 201

References 207

Index 215