Chapter 1 Invitations to Linguistics
1.1 Why Study Language?
1.2 What Is Language?
1.3 Design Features of Language
1.3.1 Arbitrariness
1.3.2 Duality
1.3.3 Creativity
1.3.4 Displacement
1.4 Origin of Language
1.5 Functions of Language
1.5.1 Informative Function
1.5.2 Interpersonal Function
1.5.3 Performative Function
1.5.4 Emotive Function
1.5.5 Phatic Communion
1.5.6 Recreational Function
1.5.7 Metalingual Function
1.6 What Is Linguistics?
1.7 Main Branches of Linguistics
1.7.1 Phonetics
1.7.2 Phonology
1.7.3 Morphology
1.7.4 Syntax
1.7.5 Semantics
1.7.6 Pragmatics
1.8 Macrolinguistics
1.8.1 Psycholinguistics
1.8.2 Sociolinguistics
1.8.3 Anthropological Linguistics
1.8.4 Computational Linguistics
1.9 Important Distinctions in Linguistics
1.9.1 Descriptive vs. Prescriptive
1.9.2 Synchronic vs. Diachronic
1.9.3 Langue& Parole
1.9.4 Competence& Performance
Chapter 2 Speech Sounds
2.1 Speech Production and Phonetic Transcription
2.1.1 Speech Production
2.1.2 Phonetic Transcription--The IPA
2.2 Consonants and Vowels
2.2.1 Consonants
2.2.2 Vowels
2.2.3 The Sounds of English
2.3 Phonological Analysis
2.3.1 Phonemes
2.3.2 Allophones
2.3.3 Phonological Rules
2.3.4 Rule Ordering
2.4 Suprasegmentals
2.4.1 Syllable
2.4.2 Sonority Scale
2.4.3 Stress
2.4.4 Intonation and Tone
Chapter 3 Words and Morphology
3.1 The Nature of Words
3.1.1 What IsaWord?
3.1.2 Content Words and Function Words
3.2 Types of Morphemes
3.3 Morphological Processes
3.3.1 Derivation
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Chapter 4 From Word to Text
Chapter 5 Meaning
Chapter 6 Language and Cognition
Chapter 7 Language, Culture, and Society
Chapter 8 Language in Use
Chapter 9 Language and Literature
Chapter 10 Language and Computer
Chapter 11 Second and Foreign Language Teaching
Chapter 12 Theories and Schools of Modern Linguistics
Bibliography
Glossary and Index
