Language : its structure and use /
Edward Finegan.
- 4th ed.
- Boston, Mass. : Thomson Wadsworth, c2004.
- xxvii, 607 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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