What is this thing called language?:
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction: the stuff that surrounds us I
1 What is this thing called language? 4
Introduction and overview 4
Language: a defining characteristic of humanity 4
Language as a tool for communication 5
Language systems 7
Human and animal communication systems 11
The origins of language 13
Design features of language 15
The structure of the rest of the book 16
Summary and conclusion 17
Questions and tasks 18
Further reading 18
2 The sound system 20
Introduction and overview 20
Sounds as a system 20
Articulatory phonetics 21
Segmental and suprasegmental phonology 23
Words and sound 29
Representing spoken language 34
Accents and dialects 37
Summary and conclusion 40
Questions and tasks 41
Further reading 42
3 The lexical system 43
Introduction and overview 43
What is a word? 43
Viii CONTENTS
Form and meaning 46
Creating words 49
Cataloguing words: dictionaries and corpora 52
Word classes 53
Closed and open class systems 54
The internal structure of words: morphology %
Personal vocabularies 57
Lexical patterns in text 59
Collocations 63
Ellipsis 64
Summary and conclusion 67
Questions and tasks 68
Further reading 69
The grammatical system 70
Introduction and overview 70
Defining grammar 70
Mentalist versus functionalist approaches to grammar 72
Grammar in use 7^
Prescriptivism versus descriptivism 75
The internal workings of the sentence 78
Grammar and context sensitivity 84
Summary and conclusion 85
Questions and tasks 86
Further reading 87
Doing things with spoken language 88
Introduction and overview 88
Functions of spoken language 88
Key characteristics of conversation 90
Topics, turns and speakers in casual conversation 94
Negotiating and co-constructing meaning 96
Speech acts 99
The messiness of spoken language 105
Some special contexts: child language, classroom
conversation, etalk, offlish 106
Language and gender 113
Linguistic connectivity in spoken discourse 116
Summary and conclusion 121
Questions and tasks 122
Further reading 123
CONTENTS IX
6 Doing things with written language 124
Introduction and overview 124
Written language versus spoken language 124
Cohesion and coherence 127
Register 133
Genre 136
Summary and conclusion 143
Questions and tasks 143
Further reading 144
7 A first language 145
Introduction and overview 145
The behaviourist approach to language acquisition 145
A critique of the behaviourist approach 146
The mentalist approach 148
The functionalist approach to language acquisition 151
From discourse to grammar 154
Summary and conclusion 155
Questions and tasks 155
Further reading 157
8 Language at play 158
Introduction and overview 158
Playing with language 159
The lure of the limerick 162
Other forms of word play: rhyming slang, spoonerisms,
slips of the tongue and more 163
Advertising revisited 165
Figurative language 166
Summary and conclusion 173
Questions and tasks 173
Further reading 174
9 The future of language 176
Introduction and overview 176
Is English the world language? 176
Language variation 181
Linguistic diversity among native speakers 183
Language death 187
Summary and conclusion 188
X CONTENTS
Questions and tasks 189
Further reading 189
Postscript 190
Key figures 193
Glossary 203
References 221
Author index 227
Subject index 229
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
3.1 Dimensions of speech 46
3.2 Word family knowledge 58
6.1 Different categories of cohesion 131
6.2 Register variables 134
Figures
1.1 Bottom-up processing 8
2.1 Organs of speech 23
2.2 IPA symbols used in the transcription of English 35
2.3 Main vowel sounds in English 36
2.4 IPA symbols for representing suprasegmentals 37
6.1 The mode continuum 133
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction: the stuff that surrounds us I
1 What is this thing called language? 4
Introduction and overview 4
Language: a defining characteristic of humanity 4
Language as a tool for communication 5
Language systems 7
Human and animal communication systems 11
The origins of language 13
Design features of language 15
The structure of the rest of the book 16
Summary and conclusion 17
Questions and tasks 18
Further reading 18
2 The sound system 20
Introduction and overview 20
Sounds as a system 20
Articulatory phonetics 21
Segmental and suprasegmental phonology 23
Words and sound 29
Representing spoken language 34
Accents and dialects 37
Summary and conclusion 40
Questions and tasks 41
Further reading 42
3 The lexical system 43
Introduction and overview 43
What is a word? 43
Viii CONTENTS
Form and meaning 46
Creating words 49
Cataloguing words: dictionaries and corpora 52
Word classes 53
Closed and open class systems 54
The internal structure of words: morphology %
Personal vocabularies 57
Lexical patterns in text 59
Collocations 63
Ellipsis 64
Summary and conclusion 67
Questions and tasks 68
Further reading 69
The grammatical system 70
Introduction and overview 70
Defining grammar 70
Mentalist versus functionalist approaches to grammar 72
Grammar in use 7^
Prescriptivism versus descriptivism 75
The internal workings of the sentence 78
Grammar and context sensitivity 84
Summary and conclusion 85
Questions and tasks 86
Further reading 87
Doing things with spoken language 88
Introduction and overview 88
Functions of spoken language 88
Key characteristics of conversation 90
Topics, turns and speakers in casual conversation 94
Negotiating and co-constructing meaning 96
Speech acts 99
The messiness of spoken language 105
Some special contexts: child language, classroom
conversation, etalk, 'offlish' 106
Language and gender 113
Linguistic connectivity in spoken discourse 116
Summary and conclusion 121
Questions and tasks 122
Further reading 123
CONTENTS IX
6 Doing things with written language 124
Introduction and overview 124
Written language versus spoken language 124
Cohesion and coherence 127
Register 133
Genre 136
Summary and conclusion 143
Questions and tasks 143
Further reading 144
7 A first language 145
Introduction and overview 145
The behaviourist approach to language acquisition 145
A critique of the behaviourist approach 146
The mentalist approach 148
The functionalist approach to language acquisition 151
From discourse to grammar 154
Summary and conclusion 155
Questions and tasks 155
Further reading 157
8 Language at play 158
Introduction and overview 158
Playing with language 159
The lure of the limerick 162
Other forms of word play: rhyming slang, spoonerisms,
slips of the tongue and more 163
Advertising revisited 165
Figurative language 166
Summary and conclusion 173
Questions and tasks 173
Further reading 174
9 The future of language 176
Introduction and overview 176
Is English the 'world language? 176
Language variation 181
Linguistic diversity among native speakers 183
Language death 187
Summary and conclusion 188
X CONTENTS
Questions and tasks 189
Further reading 189
Postscript 190
Key figures 193
Glossary 203
References 221
Author index 227
Subject index 229
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
3.1 Dimensions of speech 46
3.2 Word family knowledge 58
6.1 Different categories of cohesion 131
6.2 Register variables 134
Figures
1.1 Bottom-up processing 8
2.1 Organs of speech 23
2.2 IPA symbols used in the transcription of English 35
2.3 Main vowel sounds in English 36
2.4 IPA symbols for representing suprasegmentals 37
6.1 The mode continuum 133 |
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