How To Study Linguistics, Second Edition A

Intended primarily for newcomers to the subject, but with new material designed to help the more advanced reader, How to Study Linguistics is written in a refreshing and engaging style. It assumes no prior knowledge and contains many useful suggestions for developing a secure understanding of the subject. Chapters discuss strategies for studying phonology, syntax, and semantics, and for pursuing branches of linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics, as well as practical advice on writing essays. The book also includes a glossary to aid learning and revision.

Geoffrey Finch is Senior Lecturer in English, Anglia Polytechnic University.

Acknowledgements

ix

General Editors' Preface

x

Beginning Linguistics

1

(11)

The Linguistic Context

12

(34)

Language and competence

12

(9)

The functions of language

21

(23)

Micro functions

21

(19)

Macro functions

40

(4)

Final summary

44

(2)

Further reading

44

(1)

Notes

45

(1)

Studying Sound

46

(38)

Introduction: the nature of sound

46

(4)

Approaching speech sounds

50

(4)

Sounds and the alphabet

54

(6)

Developing a phonemic alphabet

60

(6)

Minimal pairs

65

(1)

The phonemic alphabet

66

(13)

Describing phonemes

69

(10)

Sounds in connected speech

79

(3)

Final summary

82

(2)

Further reading

83

(1)

Notes

83

(1)

Studying Syntax

84

(43)

Introduction: beginning syntax

84

(7)

Formalist approaches to syntax

91

(21)

Developing a constituent grammar

94

(18)

Functional approaches to syntax

112

(12)

Developing a functional grammar

114

(10)

Conclusion and final summary

124

(3)

Further reading

125

(1)

Note

126

(1)

Studying Meaning

127

(39)

Introduction: the problem of `meaning'

127

(4)

Studying semantics

131

(22)

Working with sense

133

(7)

Sense relations

140

(8)

Processes of semantic change

148

(3)

The role of reference

151

(2)

Studying pragmatics

153

(9)

The cooperative principle

157

(3)

Speech acts

160

(2)

Final conclusion and summary

162

(4)

Further reading

164

(2)

Studying Linguistics Further

166

(53)

Introduction

166

(1)

Studying more sound

167

(9)

Distinctive feature analysis

167

(3)

Intonation

170

(6)

Studying more syntax

176

(18)

Morphology

176

(3)

X bar syntax

179

(12)

Transformational grammar

191

(3)

Studying more meaning

194

(10)

Meaning and syntax

194

(3)

Meaning and logic

197

(7)

Studying linguistic branches

204

(15)

Studying sociolinguistics

204

(6)

Studying stylistics

210

(4)

Studying psycholinguistics

214

(3)

Further reading

217

(1)

Note

218

(1)

How to Write a Linguistics Essay

219

(8)

Appendix: The International Phonetic Alphabet

227

(1)

Glossary

228

(14)

References

242

(2)

Index

244

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