“…Historical linguistics.…”

Table of Contents: “…Language : a preview -- Phonetics : the sounds of language -- Phonology : the function and patterning of sounds -- Morphology : the study of word structure -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure -- Semantics : the study of meaning -- Historical linguistics : the study of language change -- The classification of languages -- Brain and language -- Language acquisition : the emergence of a grammar -- Second language acquisition -- Language in social contexts -- Writing and language -- Animal communication -- Computational linguistics.…”

Table of Contents: “…Language : a preview -- Phonetics : the sounds of language -- Phonology : the function and patterning of sounds -- Morphology : the analysis of word structure -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure -- Semantics : the analysis of meaning -- Historical linguistics : the study of language change -- The classification of languages -- Indigenous languages of North America -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition -- Psycholinguistics : the study of language processing -- Brain and language -- Language in social contexts -- Writing and language -- Animal communication -- Computational linguistics.…”

Table of Contents: “…Language : a preview -- Phonetics : the sounds of language -- Phonology : contrasts and patterns -- Morphology : the analysis of word structure -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure -- Semantics : the analysis of meaning -- The classification of languages -- Historical linguistics : the study of language change -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition -- Psycholinguistics : the study of language processing -- Brain and language -- Language in social contexts -- Writing and language -- Indigenous languages of North America -- Sing languages -- Animal communication -- Computational linguistics.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Form and substance in glossematics / Eli Fischer-Jørgensen -- Generative grammar and historical linguistics / Bengt Sigurd -- A typological study of morphological homonymy in languages / Jiří Krámský -- A sketch of Sathewkok Hakka grammatical structure / Henry Henne.…”