Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Kristin Denham, ISBN-13: 978-1111344382

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Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction 2nd Edition by Kristin Denham, ISBN-13: 978-1111344382

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• Publisher: ‎ Cengage Learning; 2nd edition (January 1, 2012)
• Language: ‎ English
• 576 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1111344388
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1111344382

LINGUISTICS FOR EVERYONE: AN INTRODUCTION, Second Edition, connects the study of linguistics to the language you use every day. The text is very user-friendly: casual writing style, logical presentation of material, balance of theoretical and practical, entertaining information, and lots of ideas and activities to put what you learn to use right away. The first chapter gives you the basics such as how to define language, new ways to look at grammar, your innate knowledge about language. Later chapters address core linguistics areas in depth (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics). Many innovative and varied activities help you review and practice the content and apply the knowledge immediately. Special features throughout the book demystify common curiosities about how language works.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Ch 1: What is Language and How Do We Study it?

Key Concepts

What is Language?

Human Language and Animal Communication

What is Grammar?

The Scientific Study of Language

Linguistics Today

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 2: The Human Capacity for Language

Key Concepts

Our Capacity to Acquire Language

Second Language Acquisition

Two Native Languages: Bilingualism

Our Capacity to Create Language

Language and the Brain

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 3: Phonetics: Describing Sounds

Key Concepts

Sounds and Symbols

Phonemes

Consonants

Vowels

Phonemes and Allophones

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 4: Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language

Key Concepts

Phonemes and Allophones

Assimilation Rules

Dissimilation Rules

Insertion Rules

Deletion Rules

Fronting Rules

Exchange Rules

Multiple-Rule Processes

Suprasegmentals

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 5: Morphology: Words and Their Parts

Key Concepts

Morphemes and Meaning

Word Classes

Derivational Affixation

Affixation and Our Mental Lexicon

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 6: Morphological Typology and Word Formation

Key Concepts

Morphological Typology

The Morphology of Other Languages

Word Formation Processes

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 7: Syntax: Heads and Phrases

Key Concepts

Nouns and Noun Phrases

Verbs and Verb Phrases

Adjectives and Adjective Phrases

Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Summary of Phrase Structure Rules

More Clauses

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 8: Syntax: Phrase Structure and Syntactic Rules

Key Concepts

Hierarchical Structure and Ambiguity

Silent Syntax

Evidence for Phrases and Clauses

Movement and Deletion

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 9: Semantics: Making Meaning with Words

Key Concepts

Making Meaning

Lexical Semantics

Meaning Relationships: The Nyms

Meaning Change: Semantic Shift

Making New Meanings: Figurative Language

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 10: Semantics and Pragmatics: Making Meaning with Sentences

Key Concepts

Sentence Semantics: The Linguistic Meaning of Sentences

Pragmatics: How Context Shapes Meaning

Language and Thought

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 11: The Early Story of English

Key Concepts

Finding Families: The Comparative Method

English Emerges in the British Isles

English Meets French: Middle English

English Established

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 12: English Goes Global

Key Concepts

What is a Dialect?

The Origins of American English

American Regional Dialects

Ethnic Dialects

Social Dialects

English Keeps Traveling

Language Variation and Language Discrimination

The Future of English Dialects

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 13: Representing Language: The Written Word

Key Concepts

A Brief History of Writing

The Development of English Spelling

The Development of English Punctuation

Writing Rules, Standardization, and Authority

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Ch 14: The Life Cycle of Language

Key Concepts

Language Origins

Language Genesis

Language Shift

Language Revitalization

Summary

Sources and Resources

Review, Practice, and Explore

Credits

Bibliography

Glossary

Index of Languages

Index

Kristin Denham is an associate professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham; she earned a Ph.D. at the University of Washington. She and Anne Lobeck teach linguistics in the English Department and Linguistics Program at Western Washington University. They are editors of LANGUAGE IN THE SCHOOLS: INTEGRATING LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE INTO K-12 TEACHING (Erlbaum, 2005) and LINGUISTICS AT SCHOOL: LANGUAGE AWARENESS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press). Both authors are active in research, publishing, and professional associations as well as in teaching and advising students.

Anne Lobeck is a professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham; she earned a Ph.D. at the University of Washington. She and Kristin Denham teach linguistics in the English Department and Linguistics Program at Western Washington University. They are editors of LANGUAGE IN THE SCHOOLS: INTEGRATING LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE INTO K-12 TEACHING (Erlbaum, 2005) and LINGUISTICS AT SCHOOL: LANGUAGE AWARENESS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press). Lobeck is also the author of DISCOVERING GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH SENTENCE STRUCTURE (Oxford University Press, 2000). Both authors are active in research, publishing, and professional associations as well as in teaching and advising students and service.

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