The study of language / George Yule.

By: Yule, George, 1947- [author]
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006Edition: Third editionDescription: x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0521543207 (pbk.); 0521835577 (hbk.); 9780521835572 (hbk.); 9780521543200 (pbk.)Subject(s): Language and languages | LinguisticsDDC classification: 410 LOC classification: P107 | .Y85 2006Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Preface --1. The origins of language --2. Animals and human language --3. The development of writing --4. The sounds of language --5. The sound patterns of language --6. Words and word-formation processes --7. Morphology --8. Phrases and sentences : grammar --9. Syntax --10. Semantics --11. Pragmatics --12. Discourse analysis --13. Language and the brain --14. First language acquisition --15. Second language acquisition/learning --16. Gestures and sign languages --17. Language history and change -- 18. Language and regional variation --19. Language and social variation --20. Language and culture --Appendix : suggested answers to study questions --Glossary --References --Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-264) and index.

Preface --1. The origins of language --2. Animals and human language --3. The development of writing --4. The sounds of language --5. The sound patterns of language --6. Words and word-formation processes --7. Morphology --8. Phrases and sentences : grammar --9. Syntax --10. Semantics --11. Pragmatics --12. Discourse analysis --13. Language and the brain --14. First language acquisition --15. Second language acquisition/learning --16. Gestures and sign languages --17. Language history and change --
18. Language and regional variation --19. Language and social variation --20. Language and culture --Appendix : suggested answers to study questions --Glossary --References --Index.

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