Chapter1LanguageandLinguistics
1.1TheNatureofLanguage
1.1.1LanguageIsSystematic
1.1.2LanguageIsSymbolic
1.1.3LanguageIsArbitrary
1.1.4LanguageIsPrimarilyVocal
1.1.5LanguageIsHumanSpecific
1.1.6LanguageIsUsedforCommunication
1.2TheFunctionsofLanguage
1.2.1GeneralFunctionsofLanguage
1.2.2MetafunctionsofLanguage
1.3TheOriginandClassificationofLanguage
1.3.1TheOriginofLanguage
1.3.2LanguageFamilies
1.4WhatIsLinguistics?
1.4.1DefinitionofLinguistics
1.4.2SomeImportantDistinctionsinLinguistics
1.5TheScopeofLinguistics
1.5.1UseofLinguistics
1.5.2RecentDevelopments
Chapter2PhoneticsandPhonology
2.1ProductionofSounds
2.1.1ScopeofPhonetics
2.1.2ArticulationofSounds
2.1.3CharacteristicsofEnglishSpeechSounds
2.1.4TheTranscriptionofSounds
2.2Phonemes
2.2.1DefinitionofPhonemes
2.2.2MinimalPairs
2.2.3DistinctiveFeatures
2.3SoundPatterns
2.3.1SequentialConstraints
2.3.2ComplementaryDistribution
2.4SuprasegmentalFeatures
2.4.1Syllable
2.4.2Stress
2.4.3Pitch
2.4.4IntonationandTone
Chapter3MorphologyandLexicon
3.1WordandWordClasses
3.1.1Word
3.1.2WordClasses
3.2Morpheme
3.2.1WhatIsaMorpheme?
3.2.2TypesofMorphemes
3.3InflectionandWord-formation
3.3.1Inflection
3.3.2Word-formation
3.4Lexicon
3.4.1Lexeme
3.4.2FeaturesofLexicon
Chapter4Syntax
4.1SentenceStructure
4.1.1Constituents
4.1.2SentenceTypes
4.2SyntacticFunctionandCategory
4.2.1SyntacticFunction
4.2.2Category
4.3Transformationalkules
4.3.1DeepStructureandSurfaceStructure
4.3.2SentenceTransformations
Chapter5Semantics
5.1ApproachestoMeaning
5.1.1Meaning
5.1.2ThreeApproachestoMeaning
5.2SemanticFieldandSemanticRelations
5.2.1SemanticField
5.2.2SynonymyandAntonymy
5.2.3MeronymyandHyponymy
5.2.4PolysemyandHomonymy
5.2.5IntersententialSemanticRelations
5.3SemanticAnalysis
5.3.1ComponentialAnalysis
5.3.2PredicationAnalysis
5.3.3TautologyandMetaphor
Chapter6PragmaUcsandTextAnalysis1
6.1SpeechActTheory
6.1.1SpeechAct
6.1.2IndirectSpeechAct
6.2TheCooperativePrincipleandthePolitenessPrinciple
6.2.1TheCooperativePrinciple
6.2.2ThePolitenessPrinciple
6.3PresuppositionandtheStructureofSpokenText
6.3.1Presupposition
6.3.2ExchangeandAdjacencyPair
6.4Cohesion
6.4.1Reference
6.4.2SubsfitufionandEllipsis
6.4.3CoNunction
6.4.4LexicalCohesion
6.5ThematicStructureandInformationUnit
6.5.1ThemeandRheme
652GivenandNew
Chapter7LanguageandSocialCulture
7.1LanguageVarieties
7.1.1Dialect
7.1.2Register
7.1.3EthnicVarieties
7.2LanguageandCulture
7.2.1TheRelationshipBetweenLanguageandCulture
7.2.2TheStudyofLanguageandCulture
7.3LanguageChange
7.3.1CausesofLanguageChange
7.3.2LexicalChange
7.3.3SoundChange
7.3.4SyntacticalChange
7.4LanguagePlanning
7.4.1StandardLanguage
7.4.2NationalLanguageandOfficialLanguage
Chapter8LanguageAcquisitionandThought
8.1FirstLanguageAcquisition
8.1.1DifferenceBetweenAcquisitionandForeignLanguageLearning
8.1.2DevelopmentofFirstLanguageAcquisition
8.2SecondLanguageAcquisition
8.2.1MajorFeaturesofSecondLanguageAcquisition
8.2.2InternalandExternalFactors
8.3LanguageandThought
8.3.1TheRelationshipBetweenLanguageandThought
8.3.2PsychologicalRealities
Chapter9LinguisticsandLanguageTeaching
9.1ApproachestoLanguageTeaching
9.1.1AnOverviewofLanguageTeaching
9.1.2TheRelationofLinguisticstoLanguageTeaching
9.2SyllabusDesign
9.2.1GrammaticalSyllabus
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