{"product_id":"contemporary-linguistics-9781405899307","title":"Contemporary Linguistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Contemporary Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003eis a reader- and instructor-friendly book. It is well paced and clearly written, and each chapter ends with a concise summary of the material, up-to-date recommendations for further reading and an extensive set of exercises. The individual chapters are nicely linked, allowing the reader to integrate information that is presented in different contexts and parts of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn excellent primary textbook for beginning linguistics undergraduates; it will also be a useful reference work for more advanced students... Accessible and informative, with tried and tested sequencing of material.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Reviewed in Times Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Language: A Preview \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Phonetics: The Sounds of Language \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Phonology: The Function and Patterning of Sounds \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Morphology: The Analysis of Word Structure \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structure \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Cognitive Grammar \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Historical Linguistics: The Study of Language Change \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: The Classification of Languages \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: First Language Acquisition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Second Language Acquisition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: Psycholinguistics: The Study of Language Processing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Brain and Language \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: Language in Social Contexts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Writing and Language \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: Animal Communication \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Computational Linguistics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019788124503,"sku":"9781405899307","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405899307.jpg?v=1750781269","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-linguistics-9781405899307","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}