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

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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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