Chapter 1 Languages and Linguistics 1
Part One Language Structures 37
Chapter 2 Words and Their Parts:Lexicon and Morphology 39
Chapter 3 The Sounds of Languages:Phonetics 79
Chapter 4 Sound Systems of Language:Phonology 109
Chapter 5 The Structure and Function of Phrases and Sentences:Syntax 145
Chapter 6 The Study of Meaning:Semantics 179
Chapter 7 Language Universals and Language Typology 223
Part Two Language Use 257
Chapter 8 Information Structure and Pragrnatics 259
Chapter 9 Speech Acts and Conversation 293
Chapter 10 Registers and Styles:Language Variation across Situations of Use 327
Chapter 11 Language Variation Among Social Groups:Dialects 361
Chapter 12 Writing 417
Part Three Language Change,Language Development,and Language Acquisition 443
Chapter 13 Language Change over Time:Historical Linguistics 445
Chapter 14 Historical Development in English 499
Chapter 15 Acquiring First and Second Languages 537
Glossary 571
Index 587
Index of Languages 599
Index of Internet Sites 603
Index of Videos 605
Credits 607