Linguistics : an introduction to linguistic theory / written by Victoria A. Fromkin (editor) ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fromkin, Victoria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

xi, 747 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2000.

Summary:

Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory is a textbook written for undergraduate and graduate students of lingiustic theory. Twelve major figures bring their expertise to each of the core areas of the field - morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition.

The book is concerned with discussing the underlying principles common to all languages, showing how these are revealed in language acquisition and in the specific grammars of the world's languages. Theoretical concepts are introduced through the analysis of a wide set of language data from Arabic to Zulu. The student will learn how to 'do' linguistics by working through real linguistic data. Each section explains how to define and solve a problem; organizes the data into paradigms revealing the structured patterns in the data; formulates generalizations based on these patterns; proposes rules or principles to account for the generalization; and seeks independent evidence in its argument for the proposed theoretical constructs. Also included in each section are chapters on how children acquire these theoretical principles and concepts.

Contents:

1 Linguistics: The Scientific Study of Human Language 3

Part II Morphology and Syntax 23

2 Morphology: The Structure of Words 25

3 Syntax I: Argument Structure and Phrase Structure 89

4 Syntax II: Syntactic Dependencies 195

5 Syntax III: The Distribution of Verbal Forms: A Case Study 257

6 Acquisition of Word and Sentence Structure 324

Part III Semantics 369

7 Semantics I: Compositionality 371

8 Semantics II: Scope 399

9 Semantics III: Cross-Categorial Parallelisms 421

10 Acquisition of Meaning 449

Part IV Phonetics and Phonology 475

11 Phonetics: The Sounds of Language 477

12 Phonology I: Basic Principles and Methods 518

13 Phonology II: Phonological Representations 579

14 Phonology III: Explanation and Constraints in Phonology 609

15 Acquisition of Phonetics and Phonology 658.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [721]-728) and index.

ISBN:

0631197095

0631197117

OCLC:

43577669