Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication ISBN: 0262513706 Binding: Paperback Edition: sixth edition Author(s): Adrian Akmajian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, Robert M. Harnish Publisher: The MIT Press Number of Pages: 648 This popular introductory linguistics text is unique for its integration of themes Rather than treat morphology phonetics phonology syntax and semantics as completely separate fields the book shows how they interact It provides a sound introduction to linguistic methodology while encouraging students to consider why people are intrinsically interested in language--the ultimate puzzle of the human mind The text first treats such structural and interpretive parts of language as morphology phonology syntax and semantics then takes a cognitive perspective and covers such topics as pragmatics psychology of language language acquisition and language and the brain For this sixth edition all chapters have been revised New material includes updated examples new special topics sections and new discussions of the minimalist program semantic minimalism human genetic relationships and historical relationships among languages Gricean theories experimental pragmatics and language acquisition The organization of the book gives instructors flexibility in designing their courses Chapters have numerous subsections with core material presented first and additional material following as special topics The accompanying workbook supplements the text with exercises drawn from a variety of languages The goal is to teach basic conceptual foundations of linguistics and the methods of argumentation justification and hypothesis testing within the field By presenting the most fundamental linguistics concepts in detail the text allows students to get a feeling for how real work in different areas of linguistics is done Click Here To Compare Prices Now Language (Volume p. 105); An Introduction to the Study of Speech ISBN: 1153851830 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Edward Sapir Publisher: General Books LLC Number of Pages: 78 Book may have numerous typos missing text images or index Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher 1921 Excerpt: FORM IN LANGUAGE: GRAMMATICAL CONCEPTS We have seen that the single word expresses either a simple concept or a combination of concepts so interrelated as to form a psychological unity We have furthermore briefly reviewed from a strictly formal standpoint the main processes that are used by all known languages to affect the fundamental concepts--those embodied in unanalyzable words or in the radical elements of words--by the modifying or formative influence of subsidiary concepts Iu this chapter we shall look a little more closely into the nature of the world of concepts in so far as that world is reflected and systematized in linguistic structure Let us begin with a simple sentence that involves various kinds of concepts--the farmer kills the duckling A rough and ready analysis discloses here the presence of three distinct and fundamental concepts that are brought into connection with each other in a number of ways These three concepts are "farmer" (the subject of discourse) "kill" (d fining the nature of the activity which the sentence informs us about) and "duckling" (another subject1 of discourse that takes an important though somewhat passive part in this activity) We can visualize the farmer and the duckling and we have also no difficulty in constructing an image of the killing In iNot in ita technical sense other words the elements farmer hill and duckling define concepts of a concrete order But a more careful linguistic analysis soon brings us to see that the two subjects of discourse however simply we may visualize them are not expressed quite as directly as immediately as we feel them A "farmer" is in one sense a perfectly unified concept in another he is "one who farms" The concept conveyed by the radical element (faron-) is not one of personality Click Here To Compare Prices Now The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language ISBN: 006052085X Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): John McWhorter Publisher: Harper Perennial Number of Pages: 352 There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150000 years ago While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them and argues that contrary to popular perception language is not immutable and hidebound but a living dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment Full of humor and imaginative insight The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world including pidgins Creoles and nonstandard dialects Click Here To Compare Prices Now Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar ISBN: 0325002746 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): David E. 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Freeman Publisher: Heinemann Number of Pages: 263 The resource guide provides the instructor with suggested answers and responses to the Application Activities at the end of each chapter Linguistics is much more than a study reserved for academicians Linguistics has real-life applications to effective teaching-now more than ever With the increased emphasis on phonemic awareness and phonics in the teaching of reading teachers need to understand how language works When teachers are familiar with basic linguistic concepts they are better prepared to make decisions about how to teach reading spelling phonics and grammar to all students including English language learners In this unique linguistics course-in-a-book David and Yvonne Freeman explain essential linguistic concepts in a thorough but manageable manner and show the connections between linguistic theory and classroom practice They demonstrate that the greater a teacher's understanding of basic language structures and processes the easier it is to make good decisions on tough topics like phonics spelling and grammar They present: the basic concepts of linguistics in everyday language examples and activities that apply linguistics concepts to teaching reading spelling phonics and grammar to all students including English language learners end-of-chapter applications that link linguistic theory and classroom practice Understand more about how language works then use that knowledge to help your students learn Turn prescriptive approaches into linguistic investigations Get yourself and your students hooked on linguistics Click Here To Compare Prices Now Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) ISBN: 0192801481 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): P. H. Matthews Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number of Pages: 134 Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found Beginning at the 'arts' end of the subject with the common origins of languages and finishing at the 'science' end with the newest discoveries regarding language in the brain this stimulating guide covers all the major aspects of linguistics from a refreshing and insightful angle Click Here To Compare Prices Now The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (Oxford Paperback Reference) ISBN: 0199202729 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): P. H. Matthews Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number of Pages: 464 Here is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of linguistics available fully revised for the second edition Written by distinguished authority Peter Matthews this handy reference includes over 3150 entries providing worldwide coverage of languages and language families grammatical terms in English as well as grammatical categories in other languages Matthews also offers extensive coverage of the theory of language language history and important ideas and figures in linguistics A directory of symbols is included for quick and easy reference The new edition boasts greatly enhanced coverage of sociolinguistics making it an ideal reference for those studying linguistics It also includes entries on notable recent theorists in the field such as Del Hymes and Peter Trudgill With entries ranging from "epiglottal" and "morpheme" to "Austronesian" and "Navajo" The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics Second Edition remains an ideal reference for students and teachers in language-related courses and a great introduction to linguistics for the general reader with an interest in language and its study Click Here To Compare Prices Now Course in General Linguistics ISBN: 0231157274 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Ferdinand de Saussure Publisher: Columbia University Press Number of Pages: 336 The founder of modern linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure inaugurated semiology structuralism and deconstruction and made possible the work of Jacques Derrida Roland Barthes Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan thus enabling the development of French feminism gender studies New Historicism and postcolonialism Based on Saussure's lectures Course in General Linguistics (1916) traces the rise and fall of the historical linguistics in which Saussure was trained the synchronic or structural linguistics with which he replaced it and the new look of diachronic linguistics that followed this change Most important Saussure presents the principles of a new linguistic science that includes the invention of semiology or the theory of the "signifier" the "signified" and the "sign" that they combine to produceThis is the first critical edition of Course in General Linguistics to appear in English and restores Wade Baskin's original translation of 1959 in which the terms "signifier" and "signified" are introduced into English in this precise way Baskin renders Saussure clearly and accessibly allowing readers to experience his shift of the theory of reference from mimesis to performance and his expansion of poetics to include all media including the life sciences and environmentalism An introduction situates Saussure within the history of ideas and describes the history of scholarship that made Course in General Linguistics legendary New endnotes enlarge Saussure's contexts to include literary criticism cultural studies and philosophy Click Here To Compare Prices Now Historical Linguistics: An Introduction ISBN: 0262532670 Binding: Paperback Edition: second edition Author(s): Lyle Campbell Publisher: The MIT Press Number of Pages: 470 This accessible hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues; 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