an introduction to language and communication Akmajian, Adrian. text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass MIT Press c2010 2010 6th ed. monographic eng

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xiv, 630 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Adrian Akmajian ... [et al.]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Linguistics P121 .A43 2010 410 0262013754 (hc : alk. paper) 0262513706 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780262013758 (hc : alk. paper) 9780262513708 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2009-028422 DLC 120326 20230110150145.0