Contemporary linguistics :  an introduction / 
edited by William O'Grady and John Archibald. 
 - 6th ed., U.S. ed. /  prepared by Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller. 
 - Boston, Mass. :  Bedford/St. Martins,  c2010. 
 - xxvi, 694 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2005.  Text on inside covers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1.Language: a preview -- 2.Phonetics: the sounds of language -- 3.Phonology: the function and patterning of sounds -- 4.Morphology: the analysis of word structure -- 5.Syntax: the analysis of sentence structure -- 6.Semantics: the analysis of meaning -- 7.Historical linguistics: the study of language-- 8.The classification of languages -- 9.Indigenous languages of North America -- 10.First language acquisition -- 11.Second language acquisition -- 12.Psycholinguistics: the study of language processing -- 13.Brain and language -- 14.Language in social contexts -- 15.Natural sign languages -- 16.Writing and language -- 17.Computational linguistics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312555283 (pbk.) :  No price 9780312555283 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009927039 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Linguistics.<br/>Language and languages.<br/>Languages.<br/>Linguistics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>410 OGR