List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Signs and Sign Systems.
2. Phonetics.
3. Phones and Phonemes.
4. Morphemes.
5. The Lexicon and Morphological Rules.
6. Sentences and Syntax.
7. Phrase Structure Rules.
8. Child Language Learning.
9. Explanations of Child Language Learning.
10. Language and the Brain.
11. Adult Language Learning.
12. Animal Languages?.
13. Phonological Rules.
14. Phonological Features.
15. Six Ways to Get New Words.
16. Seven More Ways to Get New Words.
17. Sentence Meaning.
18. Sentence Form.
19. Pragmatics: Inferring Meaning in Context.
20. The Unity of Languages.
21. The Basic History of Writing.
22. The Ecology of Writing.
23. Three Characteristics of Language Change.
24. Eight Causes of Language Change.
25. Language Families.
26. Dialects and Other Sociolects.
27. Register.
28. The History of Linguistics.
References.
Index.
The author is Professor of Linguistics at Michigan State University. He specializes in phonology, Ethiopian and Afroasiatic languages and linguistics, and adult language learning. He is the author of a comparative dictionary of Ethiopian languages and numerous articles appearing as book chapters or in journals such as Language, the Journal of Linguistics, the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, Studies in African Linguistics, and Linguistics.
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