Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface to the first edition ix
4. Preface to the second edition x
5. Preface to the third edition xi
6. Abbreviations and notational conventions xii
7. Introduction: what this book is about and how it can be used 1
8. 1. The sounds: phonetics 3
9. 2. The sound system: phonology 31
10. 3. The structure of words: morphology 71
11. 4. The structure of sentences: syntax 113
12. 5. The meaning of words and sentences: semantics 145
13. 6. Studying language in use: pragmatics 181
14. 7. Extensions and applications: historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics 215
15. 8. Linguistics as an empirical science 237
16. Glossary 267
17. References 283
18. Subject index 287
19. The International Phonetic Alphabet 291