Contemporary Linguistic Analysis: An Introduction, 8th Edition

Contemporary Linguistic Analysis is written and edited by leading scholars in the field. It provides an up-to-date introduction with coverage of phenomena that are of special interest and relevance to the linguistic situation in Canada. Using the generative paradigm, it offers an introduction to linguistic analysis as it is practised at this stage in the development of the discipline.

This superb text gives students a solid grounding in basic linguistic concepts, but also prepares them to go on to further advanced work in the discipline.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Language: a preview
Chapter 2 Phonetics: the sounds of language
Chapter 3 Phonology: contrasts and patterns
Chapter 4 Morphology: the analysis of word structure
Chapter 5 Syntax: the analysis of sentence structure
Chapter 6 Semantics: the analysis of meaning
Chapter 7 The classification of languages
Chapter 8 Historical linguistics: the study of language change
Chapter 9 Aboriginal languages of Canada
Chapter 10 First language acquisition
Chapter 11 Second language acquisition
Chapter 12 Psycholinguistics: the study of language processing
Chapter 13 Brain and language
Chapter 14 Language in social contexts
Chapter 15 Writing and language