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The first edition of this major introduction to linguistics rapidly
established itself as an important student textbook, and a
reference tool for those who already have some acquaintance with
linguistics. This second edition has been updated and revised and
includes new chapters on syntax and on current developments in
generative grammar, as well as new material on the nature of
language and on morphology. This book first provides a
comprehensive critical review of the analytic tools and theories of
linguistics and systematically surveys major concepts in phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Having established the
basic nature and structure of language, the final part of the book
engages some of the wider issues concerning the use of language in
speaking and understanding (psycholinguistics), language
development in children, social aspects of language
(sociolinguistics), and historical language choice.
The first edition of this major introduction to linguistics rapidly
established itself as an important student textbook, and a
reference tool for those who already have some acquaintance with
linguistics. This second edition has been updated and revised and
includes new chapters on syntax and on current developments in
generative grammar, as well as new material on the nature of
language and on morphology. This book first provides a
comprehensive critical review of the analytic tools and theories of
linguistics and systematically surveys major concepts in phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Having established the
basic nature and structure of language, the final part of the book
engages some of the wider issues concerning the use of language in
speaking and understanding (psycholinguistics), language
development in children, social aspects of language
(sociolinguistics), and historical language choice.
Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for
linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly
successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed
from a range of perspectives essential for students' understanding
of the subject. Using clear explanations throughout, the book is
divided into three main sections: sounds, words, and sentences. In
each, the foundational concepts are introduced, along with their
application to the fields of child language acquisition,
psycholinguistics, language disorders, and sociolinguistics, giving
the book a unique yet simple structure that helps students to
engage with the subject more easily than other textbooks on the
market. This edition includes a completely new section on sentence
use, including an introduction and discussion of core areas of
pragmatics and conversational analysis; new coverage of
sociolinguistic topics, introducing communities of practice; a
wealth of new exercise material and updated further reading.
Dr Atkinson's work has grown out of a deep satisfaction with the
state of theorising in child language development. Critical
analysis of superficially attractive theories showed that they had
no real explanatory power. Yet no coherent framework had been
proposed for evaluating theorising in this area. A central tenet of
this volume is that theories of language development should be
relatable to some general view of human development and, on this
basis, Dr Atkinson presents a number of conditions that any
adequate theory of language development should satisfy. The major
theories in most areas of language acquisition, in particular work
in semantic, syntactic and functional development, are then
systematically examined in the light of these conditions and found
wanting. In a final chapter, the author relates his work to recent
studies in the formal theory of learnability. This scholarly
critique should be read by anyone with a serious interest in the
study of child language development and will undoubtedly have a
singular impact on the field.
Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for
linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly
successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed
from a range of perspectives essential for students' understanding
of the subject. Using clear explanations throughout, the book is
divided into three main sections: sounds, words, and sentences. In
each, the foundational concepts are introduced, along with their
application to the fields of child language acquisition,
psycholinguistics, language disorders, and sociolinguistics, giving
the book a unique yet simple structure that helps students to
engage with the subject more easily than other textbooks on the
market. This edition includes a completely new section on sentence
use, including an introduction and discussion of core areas of
pragmatics and conversational analysis; new coverage of
sociolinguistic topics, introducing communities of practice; a
wealth of new exercise material and updated further reading.
This wide-ranging collection of essays provides penetrating insight
into a variety of views on grammatical theory from a number of
leading linguists. Contributors such as John Anderson and Jim
Miller address, in different ways, the semantic basis for syntactic
relations. John Alyons develops a theme underlying his work on
"notional grammar"--the relationship between ontology and language.
Steve Pulman's work on prepositional relatives in English, and
Andrew Radford's essay on exclamative particles in modern spoken
French, provide a detailed study of particular constructions in one
language. The volume also contains a wealth of original work by
leading figures in Universal Grammar such as Bernard Comrie on
reference tracking systems, Bob Dixon on grammatical relations,
Greville Corbett on gender systems, and John Hawkins on the
explanation of Language Universals.
This volume brings together a variety of original contributions to
grammatical theory by a number of leading linguists. Articles by
John Anderson and Jim Miller address, in different ways, the
semantic basis for syntactic relations, while the contribution from
John Lyons develops a theme which underlies his work on notional
grammar - that of the relationship between ontology and language.
Detailed studies of particular constructions in one language are
provided by articles by Pulman, on prepositional relatives in
English, and by Radford, on exclamative particles in modern spoken
French. The volume also contains a wealth of original work by
leading figures in Universal Grammar, of interest to anyone working
in grammatical theory: Bernard Comrie on reference tracking
systems, Bob Dixon on grammatical relations, Greville Corbett on
gender systems, and John Hawkins on the explanation of Language
Universals.
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