Language Files

by Stewart, Thomas W., Jr.; Vaillette, Nathan

• ISBN13: 9780814250761
• ISBN10: 0814250769
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Ohio State Univ Pr

Summary

This unique collection features:
-- In-depth material on the core areas of introductory linguistics.
-- An innovative format that allows instructors to determine easily the order of topics to be covered.
-- Practice exercises and problems, with explanatory answers provided for a selected number.
-- An instructor's manual that includes information about the use of the files, answers to problems, and suggested answers to selected discussion questions.

The 8th edition has been completely redesigned for ease of use and includes new material on computers and language, new exercises, improved presentation of many files, and updates throughout. This edition reflects years of experience of linguistics teachers around the country.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Eighth Edition	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Symbols	xv
Introduction	1	(16)
Course Objectives	3	(3)
``Good'' Language?	6	(5)
Arbitrariness in Language	11	(6)
Animal Communication	17	(16)
True Language?	19	(3)
The Birds and the Bees	22	(11)
Primate Studies	26	(7)
Phonetics	33	(34)
Phonetics: Studying Pronuciation in Spoken Language	35	(5)
English Consonants	40	(8)
English Vowels	48	(4)
Sagittal Exercises	52	(2)
English Transcription Exercises	54	(3)
Non-English Speech Sounds	57	(5)
Suprasegmental Features	62	(5)
Phonology	67	(44)
The Value of Sounds: Phonemes	69	(7)
Phonological Rules	76	(9)
How to Solve Phonology Exercises	85	(7)
Phonological Analysis Exercises	92	(10)
Sound Substitution and Phonotactic Constraints	102	(3)
Implicational Laws	105	(6)
Morphology	111	(38)
Words and Word Formation	113	(5)
Exercises in Identifying Morphemes	118	(2)
The Hierarchical Structure of Derived Words	120	(4)
Morphological Processes	124	(10)
How to Solve Morphology Exercises	134	(4)
Morphology Exercises	138	(11)
Syntax	149	(46)
Linear Order, Hierarchical Structure, and Ambiguity	151	(7)
Lexical Categories	158	(7)
Phrasal Categories	165	(6)
Subcategories	171	(3)
Phrase Structure Rules	174	(11)
Transformations	185	(6)
Word Order Typology	191	(4)
Semantics	195	(24)
The Goal of Semantics	197	(3)
Theories of Meaning	200	(6)
Lexical Semantics	206	(4)
Compositional Semantics	210	(5)
Color Terms	215	(4)
Pragmatics	219	(28)
Speech Acts	221	(7)
Drawing Conclusions: Entailment and Implicature	228	(2)
Rules of Conversation	230	(5)
Language in Advertising	235	(5)
Discourse Analysis	240	(7)
Psycholinguistics	247	(52)
Language and the Brain	249	(10)
Theories of Language Acquisition	259	(6)
First Language Acquisition	265	(13)
Milestones in Motor and Language Development	278	(3)
How Adults Talk to Young Children	281	(6)
Adult Language Processing	287	(5)
Errors in Speech Production and Perception	292	(7)
Language Variation	299	(50)
Introduction to Language Variation	301	(3)
Variation at Different Levels of Linguistic Structure	304	(3)
Language and Socioeconomic Status	307	(5)
Language and Region	312	(6)
Language and Ethnicity: The Case of African-American English	318	(7)
An Official Language for the United States?	325	(3)
Language and Gender	328	(9)
Variation in Speech Style	337	(5)
Case Studies	342	(3)
Language Variation Exercises	345	(4)
Language Contact	349	(24)
Language Contact	351	(4)
Pidgin Languages	355	(6)
Creole Languages	361	(4)
Borrowings into English	365	(2)
Case Studies	367	(6)
Language Change	373	(52)
Language Change	375	(3)
The Family Tree and Wave Models	378	(4)
Sound Change	382	(6)
The Comparative Method	388	(6)
Reconstruction Exercises	394	(4)
Morphological Change	398	(5)
Adding New Words to a Language	403	(2)
Syntactic Change	405	(3)
Semantic Change	408	(4)
A Chronological Table of the History of English	412	(3)
Major Sound Changes in Old, Middle, and Modern English	415	(7)
Germanic Consonant Shifts	422	(3)
Visual Languages	425	(16)
True Language?	427	(4)
American Sign Language	431	(10)
Language and Computers	441	(20)
Language and Computers	443	(2)
Machine Translation	445	(4)
Speech Synthesis	449	(6)
Communicating with Computers	455	(6)
Language in a Wilder Context	461	(14)
Writing Systems	463	(8)
The Whorf Hypothesis	471	(4)
Appendix A Answers to Practice Exercises	475	(6)
Appendix B Taking Exams	481	(5)
Appendix C Symbol Guide	486	(3)
Glossary	489	(14)
Language Index	503	(2)
Index	505