本书是一本专为语言学初学者编写的入门教材。全书共分二十一章，内容包括语言的起源、书写文字的形成、语言的属性、动物与人类语言、语音、语音模式、词与构词法、形态学等。
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Preface
Preface to second edition
1 The origins of language
2 The development of writing
3 The properties of language
4 Animals and human language
5 The sounds of language
6 The sound patterns of language
7 Words and word-formation processes
8 Morpology
9 Phrases and sentences:grammar
10 Syntax
11 Semantics
12 Pragmatics
13 Discourse analysis
14 Language and machines
15 Language and the brain
16 First language acquisition
17 Second language acquisition/learning
18 Sign language
19 Language history and change\
20 Language varieties
21 Language,society and culture
Appendix
References
Index
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