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Informationen zum Autor Professor William McGregor is at the University of Aarhus! Denmark. Klappentext An introductory textbook for students of linguistics and language studies. This book addresses the topics that a student may need in their initial and subsequent study of language. It features key terms! further reading! questions at the end of each chapter! exercises and key paragraphs in stand-out boxes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; I. Language: System and Structure; 2. Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology; 3. Structures of Words: Morphology; 4. Lexicon; 5. Structure of Sentences: Syntax; 6. Meaning in Language: Semantics and Pragmatics; II. Language: A Human Phenomenon; 7. Sociolinguistics: Language in its Social Context; 8. Psycholinguistics: Language! the Mind and the Brain; 9. Language Acquisition; 10. Language in its Biological Context; III. Language: Uniformity and Diversity; 11. Unity and Diversity in Language Structure: Language Universals; 12. Language Change; 13. Languages of the World; Bibliography; Index.
