Contemporary Linguistic Analysis: An Introduction 9th Edition by John Archibald, ISBN-13: 978-0134652306

Contemporary Linguistic Analysis: An Introduction 9th Edition by John Archibald, ISBN-13: 978-0134652306

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• Publisher: ‎ Pearson Canada (January 1, 2019)
• Language: ‎ English
•  592 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0134652304
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0134652306

Contemporary Linguistic Analysis is written and edited by leading scholars in the field. It provides an up-to-date introduction with coverage of phenomena that are of special interest and relevance to the linguistic situation in Canada. Using the generative paradigm, it offers an introduction to linguistic analysis as it is practised at this stage in the development of the discipline.

Although Contemporary Linguistic Analysis has the distinction of being the first linguistics textbook designed primarily for a Canadian readership, it seeks to do much more than simply provide coverage of linguistic phenomena peculiar to Canada. As the title suggests, we have attempted an introduction to linguistic analysis as it is practised at this stage in the development of our discipline. While we do not ignore or reject other fruitful approaches to linguistics, we have taken the generative paradigm as basic for two reasons. First, generative linguistics provides a relatively coherent and integrated approach to basic linguistic phenomena. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics are viewed within this framework, as perhaps in no other, as fully integrated and interrelated. Second, the generative approach has been widely influential in its application to a broad range of other linguistic phenomena over the past several decades, including the study of first and second language learning, historical linguistics, typology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics.

Table of Contents:

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this book
List of technical abbreviations
1 Language: a preview
WILLIAM O’GRADY
1.1 Specialization for language
1.2 A creative system
1.3 Grammar and linguistic competence
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
2 Phonetics: the sounds of language
MICHAEL DOBROVOLSKY
2.1 Phonetic transcription
2.2 The sound-producing system
2.3 Sound classes
2.4 Consonant articulation
2.5 Manners of articulation
2.6 Vowels
2.7 Phonetic transcription of Canadian English consonants and vowels
2.8 Suprasegmentals
2.9 Speech production
2.10 Other vowels and consonants
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
3 Phonology: contrasts and patterns
WILLIAM O’GRADY | CARRIE DYCK | YVAN ROSE | EWA CZAYKOWSKA-HIGGINS | MICHAEL DOBROVOLSKY
3.1 Segments
3.2 Syllables
3.3 Features
3.4 Derivations and rules
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Appendix: Hints for solving phonology problems
Exercises
4 Morphology: the analysis of word structure
WILLIAM O’GRADY | VIDEA DE GUZMAN
4.1 Words and word structure
4.2 Derivation
4.3 Compounding
4.4 Inflection
4.5 Other morphological phenomena
4.6 Morphophonemics
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Appendix: How to identify morphemes in unfamiliar languages
Exercises
5 Syntax: the analysis of sentence structure
WILLIAM O’GRADY
5.1 Categories and structure
5.2 Complement options
5.3 Move
5.4 Universal Grammar and parametric variation
5.5 Some additional structures
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Appendix: How to build tree structures
Using Merge to build simple phrases
Using Merge to build sentence structure
Using Move
Exercises
6 Semantics: the study of meaning
MICHELA IPPOLITO
6.1 Meaning and logic
6.2 Words and the multiplicity of meanings
6.3 Verb phrases and meaning
6.4 Meaning and context
6.5 The role of structure in interpretation
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
7 The classification of languages
ALEKSANDRA STEINBERGS | WILLIAM O’GRADY
7.1 Basic issues and concerns
7.2 Typological classification
7.3 Genetic classification
Summing up
Recommended reading
Exercises
8 Historical linguistics: the study of language change
ROBERT W. MURRAY
8.1 The nature of language change
8.2 Sound change
8.3 Morphological change
8.4 Syntactic change
8.5 Lexical and semantic change
8.6 The spread of change
8.7 Language reconstruction
8.8 Language change and naturalness
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
9 Indigenous languages in Canada
EUNG-DO COOK | DARIN FLYNN
9.1 Ethnolinguistic overview
9.2 Structural features
Summing up
Recommended reading
10 First language acquisition
WILLIAM O’GRADY I SOOK WHAN CHO
10.1 The study of language acquisition
10.2 Phonological development
10.3 Vocabulary development
10.4 Morphological development
10.5 Syntactic development
10.6 What makes language acquisition possible?
Summing up
Recommended reading
Exercises
11 Second language acquisition
JOHN ARCHIBALD
11.1 The study of second language acquisition
11.2 Interlanguage grammars
11.3 Factors affecting SLA
11.4 Third Language Acquisition
11.5 The L2 classroom
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
12 Bilingualism and bilingual acquisition
JOHANNE PARADIS
12.1 Is Canada a bilingual country?
12.2 Different kinds of bilinguals
12.3 Early bilingual acquisition
12.4 Cross-language interactions in early bilingualism
12.5 Heritage languages and bilingualism
12.6 Cognitive consequences of bilingualism
12.7 Immersion and bilingual education
Summing up
Recommended reading
Exercises
13 Psycholinguistics: the study of language processing
GARY LIBBEN
13.1 Methods of psycholinguistic research
13.2 Language processing and linguistics
13.3 Putting it all together: psycholinguistic modelling
Summing up
Recommended reading
Exercises
14 Brain and language
GARY LIBBEN
14.1 The human brain
14.2 Investigating the brain
14.3 Aphasia
14.4 Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia
14.5 Linguistic theory and aphasia
14.6 Language in the brain: what’s where?
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
15 Language in social contexts
GERARD VAN HERK
15.1 Language variation and social distinctions
15.2 Time
15.3 Place
15.4 Contact
15.5 Distinctions within a community: class, ethnicity, and gender
15.6 Social interaction and language
15.7 How societies deal with language
Summing up
Recommended reading
Exercises
16 Writing and language
WILLIAM O’GRADY | MICHAEL DOBROVOLSKY
16.1 Types of writing
16.2 The early history of writing
16.3 The evolution of writing
16.4 Some non-European writing systems
16.5 English orthography
16.6 Writing and reading
Summing up
Notes
Recommended reading
Exercises
Glossary
Sources
Language Index
Subject Index

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