Linguistics An Introduction Mcgregor William by Mcgregor, William 9781847063663, 1847063667 instant download after payment.

Linguistics is a fresh and contemporary introductory textbook for all students of linguistics and language studies. Firmly based around taught courses and catering to student needs, it addresses all the topics that a student will need in their initial and subsequent study of language. With key terms, further reading, questions at the end of each chapter, exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes, this is a firmly pedagogic text that takes difficult concepts and explains them in an easy to understand way, with examples taken from a range of languages across the world. Global in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for linguistics students.

1 Introduction 1

I. LANGUAGE: SYSTEM & STRUCTURE 25

2 Sounds of Language: Phonetics & Phonology 27

3 Structure of Words: Morphology 56

4 Lexicon 80

5 Structure of Sentences: Syntax 103

6 Meaning 128

II. LANGUAGES HUMAN PHENOMENON 153

7 Sociolinguistics: Language in Its Social Context 155

8 Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind & the Brain 179

9 Language Acquisition 202

10 Language in Its Biological Context 224

III. LANGUAGE: UNIFORMITY & DIVERSITY 247

11 Unity & Diversity in Language Structure 249

12 Language Change 275

13 Languages of the World 300