The study of language
Title:
The study of language
Author:
Yule, George, 1947-
ISBN:
9780521633925
Personal Author:
Edition:
Low price ed., 7th print.
Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997 (2005 printing)
Physical Description:
294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Originally published 1985, 2nd ed. published 1996.
Contents:
The origins of language -- Development of writing -- The properties of language -- Animals and human language -- The sounds of language -- The sound patterns of language -- Words and word-formation processes -- Morphology -- Grammar -- Syntax -- Semantics -- Pragmatics -- Discourse analysis -- Language and the brain -- Language and machines -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition/learning -- Sign language -- Language history and change -- Language varieties -- Language, society and culture.