Deals with various core areas of linguistics including morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition. This book is concerned with discussing the underlying principles common to languages, showing how these are revealed in language acquisition and in the specific gramm[...]

Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE, 10E, International Edition is appropriate for a variety of fields--including education, languages, psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, English, and teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)--at both the undergraduat[...]