Fromkin, Victoria

An Introduction to language / Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams. - Tenth edition International edition - Australia : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, c2014. - xx, 604 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes glossary and index.

What is language? -- Morphology: The words of language -- Syntax: Infinite use of finite means -- The meanings of language -- Phonetics: The sounds of language -- Phonology: The sound patterns of language -- Language in society -- Language change: The syllables of time -- Language acquisition -- Language processing and the human brain -- Computer processing of human language -- Writing: the ABCs of language.

9781285079806


Language and languages
Linguistics

P106 / F92 2014