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Condition
Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. ...
Product Type
Textbook
Subject
General, Higher, Linguistics / General
Topic
Introduction
Educational Level
College
ISBN
9781428263925
Subject Area
Education, Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
Publication Name
Introduction to Language
Item Length
9.1 in
Publisher
Wadsworth
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams
Item Width
7.3 in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz
Number of Pages
640 Pages

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Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, Ninth Edition, is appropriate for a variety of fields--including education, languages, psychology, anthropology, English, and teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)--at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This completely updated edition retains the clear descriptions, humor, and seamless pedagogy that have made the text a perennial best-seller, while adding new information and exercises that render each topic fresh, engaging, and current.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wadsworth
ISBN-10
1428263926
ISBN-13
9781428263925
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74803541

Product Key Features

Author
Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams
Publication Name
Introduction to Language
Format
Trade Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Subject
General, Higher, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education, Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
Number of Pages
640 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz
Weight
32.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
9
Publication Date
2010-01-01
Table of Content
Part 1: THE NATURE OF HUMAN LANGUAGE.1. What Is Language?Linguistic Knowledge. What Is Grammar? Animal "Languages." In the Beginning: The Origin of Language and Thought. What We Know about Language.2. Brain and Language.The Human Brain. The Autonomy of Language. Language and Brain Development.Part 2: GRAMMATICAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE.3. Morphology: The Words of Language.Dictionaries. Content Words and Function Words. Morphemes: The Minimal Units of Meaning. Rules of Word Formation. Sign Language Morphology. Morphological Analysis: Identifying Morphemes.4. Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language.What the Syntax Rules Do. Sentence Structure. Sentence Relatedness. UG Principles and Parameters. Sign Language Syntax.5. The Meaning of Language.What Speakers Know about Sentence Meaning. Compositional Semantics. Lexical Semantics (Word Meanings). Pragmatics.6. Phonetics: The Sounds of Language.Sound Segments. Articulatory Phonetics. Prosodic Features.Phonetic Symbols and Spelling Correspondences. The "Phonetics" of Signed Languages.7. Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language.The Pronunciation of Morphemes. Phonemes: The Phonological Units of Language. Distinctive Features of Phonemes. The Rules of Phonology. Prosodic Phonology. Sequential Constraints of Phonemes. Why Do Phonological Rules Exist? Phonological Analysis.Part 3: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE.8. Language Acquisition.Mechanisms of Language Acquisition. Knowing More Than One Language.9. Language Processing: Humans and Computers.The Human Mind at Work: Human Language Processing. Computer Processing of Human Language.Part 4: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY.10. Language in Society.Dialects. Language and Education. Language in Use.11. Language Change: The Syllables of Time.The Regularity of Sound Change. Phonological Change. Morphological Change. Syntactic Change. Lexical Change. Reconstructing "Dead" Languages. Extinct and Endangered Languages. The Genetic Classification of Languages. Types of Languages. Why Do Languages Change?12. Writing: The ABCs of Language.The History of Writing. Modern Writing Systems. Writing and Speech.Glossary.Index.
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
410, 400
Dewey Edition
23

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