Language : introductory readings / edited by Virginia P. Clark, Paul A. Eschholz, Alfred F. Rosa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Virginia P.

Eschholz, Paul A.

Rosa, Alfred F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

xii, 736 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [1994]

Summary:

Language: Introductory Readings offers forty-four thematically arranged readings on crucial topics in linguistics. This new edition offers fourteen new selections and five commissioned selections have been specially updated. Substantial apparatus includes part introductions, head- notes for each selection, and selected bibliographies and projects for each part.

Contents:

pt. 1. Language and its study. Language : an introduction / W.F. Bolton

Nine ideas about language / Harvey A. Daniels

Song of the canary / Lewis Thomas

To be human : language and the study of language / Julia S. Falk

pt. 2. Language acquisition. The acquisition of language / Breyne Arlene Moskowitz

Developmental milestones in motor and language development / Eric H. Lenneberg

Predestinate grooves : is there a preordained language "program"? / Jean Aitchison

How children learn words / George A. Miller and Patricia M. Gildea

Preschool language development : Brown's stages of development / Robert E. Owens, Jr.

Learning and using a second language / Jeannine Heny

pt. 3. Language and the brain. Brain and language / Jeannine Heny

The loss of language / Howard Gardner

Crazy talk / Elaine Chaika

From speaking act to natural word : animals, communication, and language / William Kemp and Roy Smith

The continuity paradox / Derek Bickerton

pt. 4. Phonetics, phonology, and morphology. Phonetics / Edward Callary

The rules of language / Morris Halle

The minimal united of meaning : morphemes / The Ohio State University language files

The identification of morphemes ; Morphology : three exercises / H.A. Gleason, Jr.

Word-making : some sources of new words / W. Nelson Francis

pt. 5. Syntax, semantics, and discourse. What do native speakers know about their language? / Roderick A. Jacobs and Peter S. Rosenbaum

Syntax : the structure of sentences / Frank Heny

The meaning of a word / George L. Dillon

Bad birds and better birds : some prototype theories / Jean Aitchison

Pragmatics / Madelon E. Heatherington

Discourse routines / Elaine Chaika

Girl talk

boy talk / John Pfeiffer

pt. 6. Language variation : regional and social. Speech communities / Paul Roberts

Social and regional variation / Albert H. Marckwardt and J.L. Dillard

Dialects : how they differ / Roger W. Shuy

The study of nonstandard English / William Labov

Pidgins and Creoles / David Crystal

Language among Black Americans / Elizabeth Whatley

pt. 7. Historical linguistics and language change. Comparative and historical linguistics / Jeanne H. Herndon

The Indo-European language / Paul Thieme

Relationships of some Indo-European languages with detail of English dialects / Jeanne H. Herndon

A brief history of English / Paul Roberts

Language change : progress or decay? / Jean Aitchison

pt. 8. Broader perspectives. Sign language / George Yule

Nonverbal communication / George A. Miller

Languages and writing / John P. Hughes

Dictionaries, change, and computers / James Larkin

Speaking with a single tongue / Jared Diamond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312005083

9780312005085

0333608941

9780333608944

OCLC:

30717612