Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction
Language: English
Pages: 576
ISBN: 1111344388
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
LINGUISTICS FOR EVERYONE: AN INTRODUCTION, Second Edition, connects the study of linguistics to the language you use every day. The text is very user-friendly: casual writing style, logical presentation of material, balance of theoretical and practical, entertaining information, and lots of ideas and activities to put what you learn to use right away. The first chapter gives you the basics such as how to define language, new ways to look at grammar, your innate knowledge about language. Later chapters address core linguistics areas in depth (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics). Many innovative and varied activities help you review and practice the content and apply the knowledge immediately. Special features throughout the book demystify common curiosities about how language works.
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Generations about half the members of a particular family, called the KE family, have suffered from a unique language disorder. Members with the disorder have largely unintelligible speech together with other cognitive and physical problems, including problems controlling the face and mouth. Scientists have uncovered what appears to be the source of this disorder, a mutation in a gene called FOXP2. Prior to the discovery of FOXP2, there had been no evidence of a molecular source for speech and.
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Sounds differ from those of other languages. In the next chapter, when we begin our study of phonology, we will see how the phonemes introduced in this chapter are combined into larger units by systematic rules. Review, Practice, and Explore • 97 Sources and Resources Clark, J. & C. Yallop. 1990. An introduction to phonetics and phonology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. Fry, D. 1979. The physics of speech. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Ladefoged, P. 2001. A course in phonetics, 4th.
Grammar, and influences on modern linguistics clarify those aspects of modern grammatical theory relevant to this book. Preface • xxi In response to positive feedback, we kept the introduction to the brain in Chapter 2 to pique students’ interest in the biological foundations of language right away. We remain unique in introducing pidgins and creoles here, along with Nicaraguan Sign Language. Chapter 3, on phonetics, includes alternative IPA symbols, clarified articulation of.
Rules. Did You Know . . . ? Pooh on Pronouns Linguists in Hollywood Morphemes and Meaning Morphemes and Syllables Recognizing Morphemes Word Classes Content Words Function Words Word Classes and Our Mental Lexicon Free and Bound Morphemes Affixes Roots Derivational Affixation Affixation and Our Mental Lexicon Drawing Word Trees Word Trees and Ambiguity Inflectional Affixation Inflectional Affixation of English Nouns Inflectional Affixation of English Verbs Suppletive Verbs and Adjectives.