Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. It encompasses a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of meaning. Grammar encompasses morphology syntax and phonology.
Designed for introductory students this textbook on in language and linguistics will take readers beyond their introductory textbook and introduce them to the thoughts and writings of many esteemed authorities. It covers all the topics of language study including conversation analysis pragmatics power and politeness semantics grammar phonetics multilingualism child language acquisition and psycholinguistics.
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