Can I read Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication - 4th Edition on EtoBox?

Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication - 4th Edition by Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication - 4th Edition about?

The fourth edition of Linguistics has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the increasing confluence of linguistics and cognitive science. This is especially evident in the chapter on language acquisition, which now includes sections on the acquisition of morphology, syntax, and pragmatic competence. More special topics have also been added to give teachers greater freedom to shape courses to their own interests. The basic structure of the book, however, remains unchanged, with its focus on a small set of linguistic concepts that are fundamental to the field and that will allow students to get a feel for how work in different areas of linguistics is actually done. A new and expanded third edition of the companion Linguistics Workbook adds complementary material on universals and cross-language data. Linguistics is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the structural and interpretive aspects of language: morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, language variation, and language change. The second part is cognitively oriented and includes chapters on pragmatics, the psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. This new

Who reads Linguistics: an introduction to language and communication - 4th Edition?

Author

Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262510868

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction