Linguistics: An Introduction (Paperback, 3 ed)

1. Introduction Part I: Language: System and Structure 2. Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology 3. Structure of Words: Morphology 4. Lexicon 5. Structure of Sentences: Syntax 6. Meaning Part II: Language in Use 7. Sociolinguistics: Language in its Social Context 8. Text and Discourse 9. Investigating Language and Use: Corpus Linguistics Part III: Language: A Human Phenomenon 10. Language in its Biological Context 11. Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain 12. Language Acquisition Part IV: Language: Uniformity and Diversity 13. Gesture and Sign Languages 14. Writing 15. Unity and Diversity of Language Structure 16. Language Change 17. Languages of the World Glossary References Index