Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the first edition vii
4. Preface to the second edition ix
5. Abbreviations and conventions used in the text x
6. Part I Some fundamentals of linguistics
7. 1 Language 1
8. 2 Accent, dialect, variety 8
9. 3 Linguistics 13
10. 4 Grammar 21
11. 5 Parts of speech 27
12. 6 Rules 35
13. 7 The Neogrammarians 43
14. 8 The Saussurean dichotomies 47
15. 9 Chomsky’s influence 53
16. 10 Some recurrent themes 63
17. 11 Form and function 67
18. 12 Contrast and substitution 71
19. 13 Binarity 74
20. 14 Trees 78
21. 15 State versus process 83
22. 16 Native speaker 86
23. 17 The data of linguistics 91
24. Part II Notation and terminology
25. 18 Notational conventions 107
26. 19 Frequent abbreviations and initialisms 117
27. 20 Terminology: ambiguity 120
28. 21 Terminology: synonymy 128
29. Part III Reading linguistics
30. 22 The International Phonetic Association 139
31. 23 Reading phonetics and phonology 143
32. 24 Foreign expressions 149
33. 25 Letters, accents and diacritics 151
34. 26 Laws and principles 154
35. 27 Statistics 167
36. 28 Some on-line resources for linguists 177
37. 29 Writing systems 180
38. 30 Figures of speech 187
39. Part IV Writing and presenting linguistics
40. 31 Essay writing 195
41. 32 Glosses 205
42. 33 Use versus mention 210
43. 34 Reification 212
44. 35 Spelling 215
45. Part V Bibliographies
46. 36 Citation etiquette 219
47. 37 Reference lists 228
48. Part VI Language file
49. Language file 241
50. Index 411