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Language : its structure and use / Edward Finegan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Thomson Wadsworth, c2004.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxvii, 607 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0838407943
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410 FIN 2004 22
LOC classification:
  • P106 .F525 2004
Contents:
Language and linguistics - Part 1. Language structures: Words and their parts: Lexicon and morphology - The sounds of languages: Phonetics - Sound systems of languages: Phonetics - Sound systems of language: Phonology - The structure and function of phrases and sentences: syntax - The study of meaning: semantics - Language universals and language typology - Part 2. Language use: Information structure and pragmatics - Speech acts and conversation - Registers and styles: language variation across situations of use - Language variation among social groups: Dialects - Writing - Part 3. Language change, language development, and language acquisition: Language change over time: Historical linguistics - Historical development in English - Acquiring first and second languages
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language and linguistics - Part 1. Language structures: Words and their parts: Lexicon and morphology - The sounds of languages: Phonetics - Sound systems of languages: Phonetics - Sound systems of language: Phonology - The structure and function of phrases and sentences: syntax - The study of meaning: semantics - Language universals and language typology - Part 2. Language use: Information structure and pragmatics - Speech acts and conversation - Registers and styles: language variation across situations of use - Language variation among social groups: Dialects - Writing - Part 3. Language change, language development, and language acquisition: Language change over time: Historical linguistics - Historical development in English - Acquiring first and second languages

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