Thinking Linguistically: A Scientific Approach to LanguageThinking Linguistically is a unique and clearly written introduction to the nature of linguistic analysis and issues in language acquisition. The book is for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, education, and psychology. Through twenty problem sets, based in languages not only from the Americas but from other continents as well, Thinking Linguistically: • Initiates students to the linguists’ way of observing and analyzing data by making the methods and the process of inquiry visible and accessible. |
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... example : Libro is a Spanish word . • Single quotes are used to express the meaning of a word , phrase , or sen- tence and for the names of specific concepts ; for example : • • Libro means ' book ' . The concepts ' singular ' and ...
... example - is represented in the mind as a collection of linguistic features . In discussing Mr. Kobayashi's use of " too much stoplight " in Chapter 5 , for example , we referred to the seman- tic distinction between [ + count ] nouns ...
... example , should Mandarin Chinese WH - questions then be reanalyzed from this point of view ? Does ne attract WH - words but leave them always spoken in their under- lying positions ? However , intriguing as it is , we will not pursue ...
Contents
Noun Pluralization or How to Talk About More Than | 11 |
The Role of Phonology | 19 |
Morphology Meets Phonology | 33 |
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Thinking Linguistically: A Scientific Approach to Language Maya Honda,Wayne O'Neil Limited preview - 2007 |
Thinking Linguistically: A Scientific Approach to Language Maya Honda,Wayne O'Neil No preview available - 2007 |