Language Files
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Language Files

Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition

  1. 800 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Language Files

Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition

About this book

Language Files has become one of the most widely adopted, consulted, and authoritative introductory textbooks to linguistics ever written. The scope of the text makes it suitable for use in a wide range of courses, while its unique organization into student-friendly, self-contained sections allows for tremendous flexibility in course design.    The thirteenth edition has been revised, clarified, and updated throughout to ensure that it remains the most comprehensive and accessible introductory linguistics textbook on the market. The revised chapter on morphology includes a more thorough discussion of allomorphy and adds sections on templatic morphology, suprasegmental morphology, and morphological metathesis to give students a more complete picture of all morphological phenomena. The chapter on language and computers has been updated with new sections on deep learning, artificial neural networks, and on other areas of computational linguistics, providing readers with a better sense of current research and applications in this rapidly developing field. Other additions include new sections on syntactic non-constituents and non-generative rule systems in the syntax chapter and a complete rewrite to the creole languages file in the language contact chapter. We have also adopted the use of the singular they when referring to a generic person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. Exercises and lists of other readings have been updated throughout.

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Table of contents

  1. Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition, by the Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University
  2. Half title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Symbols Used Throughout the Book
  7. PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. CHAPTER 1: Introduction
  10. CHAPTER 2: Phonetics
  11. CHAPTER 3: Phonology
  12. CHAPTER 4: Morphology
  13. CHAPTER 5: Syntax
  14. CHAPTER 6: Semantics
  15. CHAPTER 7: Pragmatics
  16. CHAPTER 8: Language Acquisition
  17. CHAPTER 9: Psycholinguistics
  18. CHAPTER 10: Language Variation
  19. CHAPTER 11: Language and Culture
  20. CHAPTER 12: Language Contact
  21. CHAPTER 13: Language Change
  22. CHAPTER 14: Animal Communication
  23. CHAPTER 15: Writing Systems
  24. CHAPTER 16: Language and Computers
  25. CHAPTER 17: Practical Applications
  26. APPENDIX: Answers to Example Exercises
  27. GLOSSARY
  28. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  29. LANGUAGE INDEX
  30. SUBJECT INDEX
  31. Examples of Phonetic Symbols Found in Standard American English
  32. Consonants of Standard American English
  33. Vowels of Standard American English
  34. THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
  35. Untitled