Language: Introductory Readings

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Language: An Introduction....Pages 3-16
Nine Ideas about Language....Pages 17-34
Song of the Canary....Pages 35-48
To Be Human: Language and the Study of Language....Pages 49-76
Back Matter....Pages 77-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-84
The Acquisition of Language....Pages 85-112
Developmental Milestones in Motor and Language Development....Pages 113-116
Predestinate Grooves: Is There a Preordained Language “Program”?....Pages 117-138
How Children Learn Words....Pages 139-147
Preschool Language Development: Brown’s Stages of Development....Pages 148-159
Learning and Using a Second Language....Pages 160-189
Back Matter....Pages 190-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-199
Brain and Language....Pages 201-225
The Loss of Language....Pages 226-237
Crazy Talk....Pages 238-245
From Speaking Act To Natural Word: Animals, Communication, and Language....Pages 246-274
The Continuity Paradox....Pages 275-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
Phonetics....Pages 299-333
The Rules of Language....Pages 334-346
The Minimal Units of Meaning: Morphemes....Pages 347-356
The Identification of Morphemes....Pages 357-364
Morphology: Three Exercises....Pages 365-367
Back Matter....Pages 380-382
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
Word-Making: Some Sources of New Words....Pages 368-379
Back Matter....Pages 380-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-385
What Do Native Speakers Know about Their Language?....Pages 387-392
Syntax: The Structure of Sentences....Pages 393-429
The Meaning of a Word....Pages 430-444
Bad Birds and Better Birds: Prototype Theories....Pages 445-457
Pragmatics....Pages 458-464
Discource Routines....Pages 465-489
Girl Talk — Boy Talk....Pages 490-497
Back Matter....Pages 498-506
Front Matter....Pages 507-508
Speech Communities....Pages 509-518
Social and Regional Variation....Pages 519-533
Dialects: How They Differ....Pages 534-554
The Study of Nonstandard English....Pages 555-562
Pidgins and Creoles....Pages 563-569
Language among Black Americans....Pages 570-586
Back Matter....Pages 587-596
Front Matter....Pages 597-598
Comparative and Historical Linguistics....Pages 599-603
The Indo-European Language....Pages 604-613
Relationships of Some Indo European Languages with Detail of English Dialects....Pages 614-615
A Brief History of English....Pages 616-626
Language Change: Progress or Decay?....Pages 627-637
Back Matter....Pages 638-644
Front Matter....Pages 645-646
Sign Language....Pages 647-654
Back Matter....Pages 702-708
Front Matter....Pages 645-646
Nonverbal Communication....Pages 655-663
Languages and Writing....Pages 664-682
Dictionaries, Change, and Computers....Pages 683-691
Speaking with a Single Tongue....Pages 692-704
Back Matter....Pages 702-708
Back Matter....Pages 709-736