{"product_id":"linguistics-for-dummies-9781118091692","title":"Linguistics For Dummies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fascinating, fun, and friendly way to understand the science behind human language    Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics students study how languages are constructed, how they function, how they affect society, and how humans learn language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Looking at Language through the Lens of Linguistics 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Knowing a Language Versus Knowing What Language Is 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Communicating with Language: The Design Features 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Building Blocks of Language 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Building Sounds: Phonetics 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Putting Sounds Together: Phonology 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Building Words: Morphology 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Creating Sentences: Syntax 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Making Sense of Meaning: Semantics 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Using Language in Conversation: Pragmatics 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Social Life of Language 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Living with Language Variation: Sociolinguistics 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Finding Family Relations: Historical Linguistics 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Cataloguing Differences: Linguistic Typology 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Beginning and Ending: Language Birth and Language Death 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Your Brain on Language: Learning and Processing Language 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Learning Language 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Perceiving Language 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Producing Language 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Locating Language in the Brain: Neurolinguistics 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Getting from Speaking to Writing 293\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Writing Down Language 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Writing Changes You 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: The Part of Tens 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Ten Myths about Language Busted by Linguistics 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Ten Unsolved Problems in Linguistics 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Top 10 Jobs for Linguists 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 343\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406828708183,"sku":"9781118091692","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118091692.jpg?v=1730497255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/linguistics-for-dummies-9781118091692","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}