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| adam_text | What Is This Thing Called
Language?
2nd edition
DAVID NUNAN
Vice-President for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the Graduate School of Education,
Anaheim University, USA, and
Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the
University of Hong Kong
s lacmillan
Contents
List of Tables and Figures xi
Preface xii
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction to the first edition: the stuff
that surrounds us I
Introduction to the second edition:
a personal account 4
1 What is this thing called language? 5
Introduction and overview 5
Language: a defining characteristic of humanity 5
Language as a tool for communication 6
Language systems 8
Human and animal communication systems 10
Design features of language 12
The origins of language 14
The structure of the rest of the book 16
Summary and conclusion 17
Questions and tasks 18
Further reading 18
2 The sound system 19
Introduction and overview 19
Sounds as a system 19
Articulatory phonetics 20
Segmental and suprasegmental phonology 22
Words and sounds 27
Stress timing 28
The communicative functions of intonation 29
Representing spoken language 31
Accents 34
Summary and conclusion 35
Questions and tasks 36
Further reading 37
vii
viii CONTENTS
3 The lexical system 38
Introduction and overview 38
What is a word? 38
Form and meaning 41
Creating words 44
Cataloguing words: dictionaries and corpora 46
Word classes 48
Closed and open class systems 49
The internal structure of words: morphology 51
Personal vocabularies 52
Lexical patterns in text 53
Collocations 56
Ellipsis and substitution 57
Summary and conclusion 60
Questions and tasks 60
Further reading 61
4 The grammatical system 62
Introduction and overview 62
Defining grammar 62
Mentalist versus functionalist approaches to grammar 64
Grammar in use 66
Prescriptivism versus descriptivism 67
The internal workings of the sentence 69
Grammar and context sensitivity 76
Summary and conclusion 77
Questions and tasks 78
Further reading 79
5 Doing things with spoken language 80
Introduction and overview 80
Functions of spoken language 80
Key characteristics of conversation 83
Topics, turns and speakers in casual conversation 86
Negotiating and co-constructing meaning 88
Speech acts 91
Language and gender 96
Linguistic connectivity in spoken discourse 100
Summary and conclusion 105
Questions and tasks 106
Further reading 107
CONTENTS ix
6 Doing things with written language 108
Introduction and overview 108
From spoken to written language 108
Cohesion and coherence 111
Register 117
Genre 120
Summary and conclusion 124
Questions and tasks 125
Further reading 126
7 First-language and second-language acquisition 127
Introduction and overview 127
The behaviourist approach to language acquisition 128
A critique of the behaviourist approach 128
The mentalist approach 130
The functionalist approach to language acquisition 133
From discourse to grammar 136
Second-language acquisition 137
Summary and conclusion 140
Questions and tasks 141
Further reading 142
8 Language at play 144
Introduction and overview 144
Playing with language 145
The lure of the limerick 148
Other forms of word play 149
Advertising revisited 151
Figurative language 152
Summary and conclusion 158
Questions and tasks 158
Further reading 159
9 Language, culture and identity 161
Introduction and overview 161
Defining culture and identity 161
Does language determine the way we see the world? 164
Language choice and cultural context 167
Intercultural communication 174
Popular culture and a blurring of boundaries 176
Summary and conclusion 177
Questions and tasks 178
Further reading 178
X CONTENTS
10 Language in a global context 179
Introduction and overview 179
Is English the world language ? 179
English as a global language: winners and losers 183
Language variation: pidgins and Creoles 187
Variation and standardization 191
Language death 196
Summary and conclusion 198
Questions and tasks 198
Further reading 199
Postscript 200
Books to read on long plane flight 203
Key figures 205
Glossary 217
References 234
Index 241
Language is a complex and ever-evolving phenomenon, but it is one that
deeply defines us all. So, What Is This Thing Called Language? Illustrating
how ¡t is used in different ways and in varied contexts, this book offers a
thought-provoking and entertaining guide through the mysteries of language.
The new edition:
Explores the basics of the language systems of sounds, vocabulary
and grammar
Explains a basic framework of linguistics and language analysis
Examines the written and spoken word in a range of different languages
Uses intriguing anecdotes and interesting examples to unpack complex
ideas
Offers study-friendly features, including reflective questions, further
reading suggestions as well as glossaries of linguistic terminology and
key linguists
With new and expanded material on a range of topics, from language
variation and culture to second language acquisition and bilingualism, this
is an urt-put-down-able introduction for all students of language and
linguistics.
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