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9780631197119

Linguistics An Introduction to Linguistic Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631197119

  • ISBN10:

    0631197117

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-08
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory is a textbook written for undergraduate and graduate students of lingiustic theory. Twelve major figures bring their expertise to each of the core areas of the field - morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition.

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

Prefacep. vi
Notes on Authorsp. viii
Introductionp. 1
Linguistics: The Scientific Study of Human Languagep. 3
Morphology and Syntaxp. 23
Morphology: The Structure of Wordsp. 25
Syntax I: Argument Structure and Phrase Structurep. 89
Syntax II: Syntactic Dependenciesp. 195
Syntax III: The Distribution of Verbal Forms: A Case Studyp. 257
Acquisition of Word and Sentence Structurep. 324
Semanticsp. 369
Semantics I: Compositionalityp. 371
Semantics II: Scopep. 399
Semantics III: Cross-Categorial Parallelismsp. 421
Acquisition of Meaningp. 449
Phonetics and Phonologyp. 475
Phonetics: The Sounds of Languagep. 477
Phonology I: Basic Principles and Methodsp. 518
Phonology II: Phonological Representationsp. 579
Phonology III: Explanation and Constraints in Phonologyp. 609
Acquisition of Phonetics and Phonologyp. 658
Glossaryp. 682
Bibliographyp. 721
Indexp. 729
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