This popular introductory linguistics text is unique for its integration                 of themes. Rather than treat morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics                 as completely separate fields, the book shows how they interact. It provides a sound                 introduction to linguistic methodology while encouraging students to consider why                 people are intrinsically interested in language--the ultimate puzzle of the human                 mind. The text first treats such structural and interpretive parts of language as                 morphology, phonology, syntax, and semantics, then takes a cognitive perspective and                 covers such topics as pragmatics, psychology of language, language acquisition, and                 language and the brain. For this sixth edition, all chapters have been revised. New                 material includes updated examples, new special topics sections, and new discussions                 of the minimalist program, semantic minimalism, human genetic relationships and                 historical relationships among languages, Gricean theories, experimental pragmatics,                 and language acquisition. The organization of the book gives instructors flexibility                 in designing their courses. Chapters have numerous subsections with core material                 presented first and additional material following as special topics. The                 accompanying workbook supplements the text with exercises drawn from a variety of                 languages. The goal is to teach basic conceptual foundations of linguistics and the                 methods of argumentation, justification, and hypothesis testing within the field. By                 presenting the most fundamental linguistics concepts in detail, the text allows                 students to get a feeling for how real work in different areas of linguistics is                 done.

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