INDICE: List of Contributors .Preface to the Second Edition .Preface to the First Edition .List of Abbreviations .PART I: Starting Points .1. Origins of Language Andrew Carstairs–McCarthy .2. Languages of the WorldBernard Comrie .3. Typology and UniversalsWilliam Croft .4. Field Linguistics: Gathering Language Data from Native SpeakersPamela Munro .5. Writing SystemsPeter T. Daniels .PART II: Theoretical Bases .6. The History of Linguistics: Approaches to LinguisticsLyle Campbell .7. Generative Grammar: Rule Systems for Describing Sentence StructureThomas Wasow .8. Functional Linguistics: Communicative Functions and Language StructureRobert D. Van Valin, Jr. .PART III: Core Fields .9. Linguistic Phonetics: The Sounds of LanguagesJohn Laver .10. Phonology: Sound StructureAbigail C. Cohn .11. MorphologyAndrew Spencer .12. The LexiconD. A. Cruse .13. SyntaxMark C. Baker .14. Formal SemanticsShalom Lappin .15. Historical Linguistics: Language Change Over TimeBrian D. Joseph .PART IV: Languages and the Mind .16. NeurolinguisticsDavid Caplan .17. PsycholinguisticsKiel Christianson .18. Sign LanguagesWendy Sandler and Diane Lillo–Martin .19. First Language AcquisitionBrian MacWhinney .PART V: Languages in Use .20. Pragmatics: Language and CommunicationRuth Kempson .21. Discourse AnalysisAgnes Weiyun He .22. Linguistics and LiteratureNigel Fabb .23. Linguistic Anthropology and EthnolinguisticsSteven P. Black and Elizabeth A. Falconi .24. Sociolinguistic Theory: Systematic Study of the Social Uses of LanguageJ. K. Chambers .25. Language Variation: Sociolinguistic Variationist AnalysisKirk Hazen .26. MultilingualismSuzanne Romaine .27. Second Language Acquisition: One Person with Two LanguagesVivian Cook .PART VI: Applications of Linguistics .28. Second Language Pedagogy: Where Theory Meets PracticeJanie Rees–Miller .29. Educational LinguisticsJames Paul Gee .30. Linguistics and ReadingRebecca Treiman .31. Language and the LawRoger W. Shuy .32. TranslationChristoph Gutknecht .33. Language Planning and PolicyKathryn D. Stemper and Kendall A. King .Index
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