| Description |
xii, 736 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Language and its study. Language : an introduction / W.F. Bolton -- Nine ideas about language / Harvey A. Daniels -- Song of the canary / Lewis Thomas -- To be human : language and the study of language / Julia S. Falk ---- pt. 2. Language acquisition. The acquisition of language / Breyne Arlene Moskowitz -- Developmental milestones in motor and language development / Eric H. Lenneberg -- Predestinate grooves : is there a preordained language "program"? / Jean Aitchison -- How children learn words / George A. Miller and Patricia M. Gildea -- Preschool language development : Brown's stages of development / Robert E. Owens, Jr. -- Learning and using a second language / Jeannine Heny ---- pt. 3. Language and the brain. Brain and language / Jeannine Heny -- The loss of language / Howard Gardner -- Crazy talk / Elaine Chaika -- From speaking act to natural word : animals, communication, and language / William Kemp and Roy Smith -- The continuity paradox / Derek Bickerton ---- pt. 4. Phonetics, phonology, and morphology. Phonetics / Edward Callary -- The rules of language / Morris Halle -- The minimal united of meaning : morphemes / The Ohio State University language files -- The identification of morphemes ; Morphology : three exercises / H.A. Gleason, Jr. -- Word-making : some sources of new words / W. Nelson Francis ---- pt. 5. Syntax, semantics, and discourse. What do native speakers know about their language? / Roderick A. Jacobs and Peter S. Rosenbaum -- Syntax : the structure of sentences / Frank Heny -- The meaning of a word / George L. Dillon -- Bad birds and better birds : some prototype theories / Jean Aitchison -- Pragmatics / Madelon E. Heatherington -- Discourse routines / Elaine Chaika -- Girl talk--boy talk / John Pfeiffer ---- pt. 6. Language variation : regional and social. Speech communities / Paul Roberts -- Social and regional variation / Albert H. Marckwardt and J.L. Dillard -- Dialects : how they differ / Roger W. Shuy -- The study of nonstandard English / William Labov -- Pidgins and Creoles / David Crystal -- Language among Black Americans / Elizabeth Whatley ---- pt. 7. Historical linguistics and language change. Comparative and historical linguistics / Jeanne H. Herndon -- The Indo-European language / Paul Thieme -- Relationships of some Indo-European languages with detail of English dialects / Jeanne H. Herndon -- A brief history of English / Paul Roberts -- Language change : progress or decay? / Jean Aitchison ---- pt. 8. Broader perspectives. Sign language / George Yule -- Nonverbal communication / George A. Miller -- Languages and writing / John P. Hughes -- Dictionaries, change, and computers / James Larkin -- Speaking with a single tongue / Jared Diamond |
| Summary |
Language: Introductory Readings offers forty-four thematically arranged readings on crucial topics in linguistics. This new edition offers fourteen new selections and five commissioned selections have been specially updated. Substantial apparatus includes part introductions, head- notes for each selection, and selected bibliographies and projects for each part |
| Analysis |
Linguistics |
| Notes |
Previoulsy published: 1981 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Communication.
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Language acquisition.
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Language and languages.
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Linguistics.
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| Author |
Clark, Virginia P.
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Eschholz, Paul A.
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Rosa, Alfred F.
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| LC no. |
92050044 |
| ISBN |
0312005083 |
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0333608941 |
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