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Tables of Contents for The Study of Language
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Preface
1. The origins of language
2. The development of writing
3. The properties of language
4. Animals and human language
5. The sounds of language
6. The sound patterns of language
7. Words and word-formation processes
8. Morphology
9. Phrases and sentences: grammar
10. Syntax
11. Semantics and pragmatics
12. Discourse analysis
13. Language and machines
14. Language and the brain
15. First language acquisition
16. Second language acquisition/learning
17. Sign language
18. Language history and change
19. Language varieties
20. Language, society and culture
Appendix: Suggested answers to study questions
References.