Full Description
An Introduction to Language introduces you to the fascinating study of human language from an Australian perspective. Chapters explore the nature of human language, the grammatical aspects and psychology of language, as well as language and its relation to society. Popular features include learning objectives and margin definitions in each chapter, along with summary tables inside the covers, which assist you to learn core concepts and terminology.
Contents
IFC: Phoneme List for Australian English
Part 1. The nature of human language
1. What is language?
Part 2. Grammatical aspects of language
2. Phonetics: The sounMorphologyds of language
3. Phonology: The sound patterns of language
4. Morphology: The words of language
5. Syntax: The sentence patterns of language
6. Semantics and Pragmatics: The meanings of language
Part 3. The psychology of language
7. Language acquisition
8. Language processing and the human brain
Part 4. Language and society
9. Language in society
10. Language change: The syllables of time
11. Writing: The ABCs of language
IBC: Lexical Categories tables
