This accessible textbook is the only introduction to
linguistics in which each chapter is written by an expert who
teaches courses on that topic, ensuring balanced and uniformly
excellent coverage of the full range of modern linguistics.
Assuming no prior knowledge the text offers a clear introduction to
the traditional topics of structural linguistics theories of
sound, form, meaning, and language change, and in addition
provides full coverage of contextual linguistics, including
separate chapters on discourse, dialect variation, language and
culture, and the politics of language. There are also up-to-date
separate chapters on language and the brain, computational
linguistics, writing, child language acquisition, and
second-language learning. The breadth of the textbook makes it
ideal for introductory courses on language and linguistics offered
by departments of English, sociology, anthropology, and
communications, as well as by linguistics departments.
目錄:
Introduction Ralph W. Fasold and Jeff Connor-Linton
1. The sounds of language Elizabeth Zsiga
2. Words and their parts Donna Lardiere
3. The structure of sentences David Lightfoot and Ralph
Fasold
4. Meaning Paul Portner
5. Discourse Deborah Schiffrin
6. Child language acquisition Kendall A. King
7. Language and the brain Michael Ullman
8. Language change Shaligram Shukla and Jeff Connor-Linton
9. Dialect variation Natalie Schilling-Estes
10. Language and culture Deborah Tannen
11. The politics of language Ralph W. Fasold
12. Writing Jeff Connor-Linton
13. Second language acquisition Alison Mackey
14. Computational linguistics Inderjeet Mani.