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An Introduction to Language offers an engaging guide to the nature of language, focusing on how language works its sounds, words, structures, and phrases all investigated through wide-ranging examples from Old English to contemporary pop culture.

Table of Contents

Companion Website xiv

Acknowledgments xv

Note to Instructors xvii

Preface: About the Book xix

1 Introduction 1

2 Sounds 31

3 Patterns of Sounds 73

4 Simple Words in the Lexicon 109

5 Idioms, Slang, and the English Lexicon 147

6 Words Made of Many Parts 177

7 Putting Pieces Together 217

8 Building Bigger Phrases 249

9 From Phrases to Meaning 295

10 The Winding Paths of Language in Education 327

11 The Life Cycles of Language 361

Glossary 395

Index 421

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780470658963, 978-0470658963
      ISBN10: 0470658967

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An Introduction to Language offers an engaging guide to the nature of language, focusing on how language works its sounds, words, structures, and phrases all investigated through wide-ranging examples from Old English to contemporary pop culture.

      Table of Contents

      Companion Website xiv

      Acknowledgments xv

      Note to Instructors xvii

      Preface: About the Book xix

      1 Introduction 1

      2 Sounds 31

      3 Patterns of Sounds 73

      4 Simple Words in the Lexicon 109

      5 Idioms, Slang, and the English Lexicon 147

      6 Words Made of Many Parts 177

      7 Putting Pieces Together 217

      8 Building Bigger Phrases 249

      9 From Phrases to Meaning 295

      10 The Winding Paths of Language in Education 327

      11 The Life Cycles of Language 361

      Glossary 395

      Index 421

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