Chapter 1 Language and Linguistics
1.1 What is Language
1.2 The Design Features of Language
1.3 The Origin of Language
1.4 What is Linguistics
1.5 The Scope of Linguistics
1.6 A Brief History of Linguistics
Chapter 2 Phonetics and Phonology: The Sounds and Sound Patterns of Language
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Phonetics
2.3 Phonology
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Morphology: The Word Structure of Language
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Words of Language
3.3 The Structure of Words
3.4 Morpheme, Morph and Allomorph
3.5 Classification of Morphemes
3.6 Word Formation Processes
3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 Syntax: The Sentence Structure of Language
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sentence Structure
4.3 The Traditional Approach
4.4 The Structural Approach
4.5 The Transformationalgenerative Approach
4.6 The Functional Approach
4.7 Summary
Chapter 5 Semantics: The Meaning of Language
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Approaches to Meaning
5.3 Sense and Reference
5.4 Word Meaning
5.5 Sentence Meaning
5.6 Ambiguity
5.7 Semantic Analysis
Chapter 6 Pragmatics: The Use of Language in Context
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Pragmatics as a New Branch of Linguistics
6.3 Speech Act Theory
6.4 Theory of Conversational Implicature
6.5 Politeness Principle
6.6 Summary
Chapter 7 Discourse Analysis: Language Above the Sentence
7.1 Introduction
7.2 What is Discourse Analysis
7.3 Cohesion
7.4 Coherence
7.5 The Structure of Discourse
7.6 Critical Discourse Analysis
7.7 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Historical Linguistics: Language through Time
8.1 Introduction
8.2 When Language Changes
8.3 How Language Changes
8.4 Why Language Changes
8.5 Summary
Chapter 9 Stylistics: Language and Literature
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Important Views on Style
9.3 Stylistic Analysis
Chapter 10 Sociolinguistics: Language and Society
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Relations Between Language and Society
10.3 Speech Community and Speech Variety
10.4 Dialect
10.5 Register
10.6 Language Contact and Contact Languages
10.7 Choosing a Code
Chapter 11 Intercultural Communication: Language and Culture
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Definitions of Culture
11.3 The Relationship Between Language and Culture
11.4 Naming the World Through Language
11.5 Communicative Patterns Across Cultures
11.6 Language and Thought: SapirWhorf Hypothesis
11.7 Intercultural Communication
11.8 Summary
Chapter 12 Psycholinguistics: Language and Psychology
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Language and the Brain: The Biological Foundations of Language
12.3 Language Comprehension
12.4 Language Production
12.5 Language Acquisition
Chapter 13 Cognitive Linguistics: Language and Cognition
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Categories and Categorization
13.3 Conceptual Metaphors
13.4 Conceptual Metonymies
13.5 Image Schemas
13.6 Iconicity
13.7 Grammaticalization and Lexicalization
Chapter 14 Applied Linguistics: Language Teaching and Learning
14.1 Introduction
14.2 How is Language Learned?
14.3 Individual Differences in Language Learning
14.4 Approaches and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching
14.5 Language Testing
References
Glossary

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