TY - BOOK AU - Fromkin,Victoria AU - Rodman,Robert AU - Hyams,Nina M. TI - An introduction to language SN - 015508481X (pbk.) AV - P107 .F76 2003 U1 - 410 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston PB - Thomson/Heinle KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistics N1 - 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 ER -