The domain of language

Contents......Page 6
Preface (post hoc)......Page 8
1. The back way in......Page 10
2. Semiotics at gunpoint......Page 14
3. Plumbing the depths: from phonetics to phonology......Page 27
4. The library: where words gather......Page 40
5. Of syntax and thumb-tacks......Page 53
6. Feeling the way forward......Page 68
7. Sentenced (almost) to death: an introduction to pragmatics......Page 89
8. A discourse concerning the family archives......Page 103
9. Nursery talk......Page 127
10. The kitchens: where William is witness to a right old morphophonological stew......Page 148
11. In a manner of speaking.........Page 171
12. Back to the apes......Page 184
13. Birds of a feather......Page 197
14. The historical propagation of language......Page 210
15. Language in the wild: a forest walk......Page 229
16. Linguistics through the ages......Page 245
17. Pull-ups and put-downs: how to transform your life by hopping on bars......Page 271
18. A matter of phrasing......Page 292
19. Events come to life......Page 305
20. The inner sanctum......Page 330
21. The way back......Page 350
Questions that might be asked......Page 376