Linguistics : an introduction to language and communication /
Akmajian, Adrian.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Note to the teacher -- Part I. The structure of human language: Introduction -- 1. What is linguistics? -- 2. Morphology: the study of the structure of words -- 3. Phonetics and phonemic transcription -- 4. Phonology: the study of sound structure -- 5. Syntax: the study of sentence structure -- 6. Semantics: the study of linguistic meaning -- 7. Language variation -- 8. Language change -- Part II: Communication and cognitive science -- 9. Pragmatics: the study of language use and communication -- 10. Psychology of language: speech production and comprehension -- 11. Language acquisition in children -- 12. Language and the brain -- Appendix: the written representation of language -- Glossary -- Index.
Linguistics.