Contemporary linguistics an introduction
William O'Grady
- second edition
- England Pearson 2011
- 698 p 28 cm
- Learning about Language .
Brief contents, glossary, sources, appendix : phonetic charts, language and subject index.
1- Language 2- Phonetics 3- Phonology 4- Morphology 5- Syntax 6- Semantics and pragmatics 7- Cognitive grammar 8- Historal linguistics 9- The classification of languages 10- First language acquisition 11- Second language acquisition 12- Psycholinguistics 13- Brain and language 14- Language in social contexts 15- Writing and language 16- Animal communication 17- Computational linguistics
Contemporary Linguistics has long provided a comprehensive introduction toç the discipline, balancing engaging aspects of language study with sound coverage of the core areas of linguistics. Now in its second UK edition, it has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest trends in scholarship.