Answer Key For Linguistics An Introduction to Linguistic Theory

by Fromkin, Victoria A.; Steriade, Donca; Munro, Pamela; Hayes, Bruce; Curtiss, Susan; Szabolcsi, Anna; Stowell, Tim; Stabler, Edward; Sportiche, Dominique; Koopman, Hilda; Keating, Patricia; Hyams, Nina

• ISBN13: 9780631228493
• ISBN10: 0631228497
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory is a textbook, written for introductory courses in linguistic theory for undergraduate linguistics majors and first-year graduate students. Twelve major figures in the field bring their expertise to each of the core areas of the field - morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition.In each section the book is concerned with discussing the underlying principles common to all languages, showing how these are revealed in language acquisition and in the specific grammars of the world's languages. Theoretical concepts are introduced through the analysis of a wide set of language data from Arabic to Zulu. The student will learn how to "do" linguistics by working through real linguistic data. Each section explains how to define and solve a problem; organizes the data into paradigms revealing the structured patterns in the data; formulates generalizations based on these patterns; proposes rules or principles to account for the generalization; seeks independent evidence in its argument for the proposed theoretical construct.The book brings the latest developments in theoretical linguistics to bear in its discussion of the traditional issues. It covers these subjects in greater depth than is found in most introductory texts permitting the student to proceed directly, after using this text, to graduate courses in the field. It contains problems, a glossary, and a bibliography for further reading.Linguistics is supported by an instructor's manual.

Author Biography

Victoria A. Fromkin has been a member of the faculty of the UCLA Department of Linguistics since 1966 and served as its Chair from 1972 to 1976. From 1979 to 1989 she served as the UCLA Graduate Dean and Vice Chancellor of Graduate Programs and she has received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Fromkin is co-author with Robert Rodman of An Introduction to Language (Sixth Edition, 1998).

Table of Contents

Introduction

Linguistics: The Scientific Study of Human Language

Morphology and Syntax

Morphology: The Structure of Words

Syntax I: Argument Structure and Phrase Structure

Syntax II: Syntactic Dependencies

Syntax III: The Distribution of Verbal Forms: A Case Study

Acquisition of Word and Sentence Structure

Semantics

Semantics I: Compositionality

Semantics II: Scope

Semantics III: Cross Categorial Parallelisms

Acquisition of Meaning

Phonetics and Phonology

Phonetics: The Sounds of Language

Phonology I: Basic Principles and Methods

Phonology II: Representations

Phonology III: Explanation and Constraints

Acquisition of Phonetics and Phonology

Bibliography

Glossary

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