Kate Burridge: For the Love of Language

Cover: 9781108701013 | For the Love of Language | Kate Burridge (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 2026

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Beschreibung

An engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions.

Über den Autor

Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Victoria, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her main areas of research are grammatical change in Germanic languages, the Pennsylvania German spoken by Amish/Mennonite communities in North America, the notion of linguistic taboo, popular perceptions about language, and the structure and history of English. She is a regular presenter of language segments on radio and TV.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. 'Using Language to Expose Language': Setting the Scene: 1. What is language?; 2. What linguists do; 3. Ways to study language; Part II. 'In the Beginning Was the Word': Words, Word Structure, and Meaning: 4. What's in a word?; 5. Morphology: the structure of words; 6. Semantics: the meaning of words; Part III. 'The Deep Grooves of Language': Sounds and Grammar: 7. Phonetics; 8. Phonology: the sound system; 9. Syntax: the structure of sentences; Part IV. 'Language Is a Social Fact': Variation and Change: 10. Variation and identity; 11. Structure across time; 12. Languages and cultures in contact; Part V. 'Language That Rolls up its Sleeves': Language at Work: 13. Language, text and interaction; 14. Language, context and understanding; 15. Language and social values; Part VI. 'Language Is the Dress of Thought': Language, Mind and World: 16. Language, the mind and the brain; 17. Language acquisition; 18. Computational linguistics.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108701013
ISBN-10:	1108701019
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Burridge, Kate Stebbins, Tonya N.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 203 x 36 mm
Von/Mit:	Kate Burridge (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.02.2026
Gewicht:	1,413 kg