preface about the authors chapter 1 what is language? linguistic knowledge knowledge of the sound system knowledge of words arbitrary relation of form and meaning the creativity of linguistic knowledge knowledge of sentences and nonsentences linguistic knowledge and performance what isgrammar? descriptive grammars prescriptive grammars teaching grammars universal grammar the development of grammar sign languages: evidence for language universals what is not (human) language the birds and the bees can animals learn human language? language and thought summary references for further rea exercises chapter 2 morphology: the words of language content words and function words morphemes: the minimal units of meaning the discreteness of morphemes bound and free morphemes prefixes and suffixes infixes circumfixes roots and stems bound roots rules of word formation derivational morphology inflectional morphology the hierarchical structure of words rule productivity exceptions and suppletions lecal ga other morphological processes back-formations pounds "pullet surprises" sign language morphology morphological analysis: identifying morphemes summary references for further rea exercises chapter 3 syntax: the sentence patterns of language chapter 4 the meaning of language chapter 5 phoics: the sounds of language chapter 6 phonology: the sound patterns of language chapter 7 language in society chapter 8 language change: the syllables of time chapter 9 language acquisition chapter 10 language processing and the human brain chapter 11 puter processing of human language chapter 12 writing: the abcs of language glossary index
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