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Fromkin, Victoria.

An introduction to language / Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams. - 7th ed. - Boston : Thomson/Heinle, c2003. - xx, 620 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The nature of human language --
1. What is language? --
2. Brain and language --
Part 2. Grammatical aspects of language --
3. Morphology: The word of language --
4. The sentence patterns of language --
5. The meanings of language --
6. Phonetics: The sounds of language --
7. Phonology: The sound patterns of language --
Part 3. The psychology of language --
8. Language acquisition --
9. Language processing: Human and computer --
Part 4. Language and society --
10. Language in society --
11. Language change: The syllables of time --
12. Writing: The ABCs of language.

ISBN: 015508481X (pbk.)

LCCN: 2002069080

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language and languages.
Linguistics.

LC Class. No.: P107 / .F76 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 410