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			| Título : | Contemporary linguistics : An introducction |  | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso |  | Autores: | William O'Grady, Autor ; Michael Dobrovolsky, Autor ; Mark Aronoff, Autor |  | Mención de edición: | 2a. ed. |  | Editorial: | New York : St. Martin's Press |  | Fecha de publicación: | 1993 |  | Número de páginas: | 620 p. |  | Dimensiones: | 24 cm. |  | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-312-06780-9 |  | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) |  | Nota de contenido: | CONTENTS 
Chapter 1 Language: A Preview 
William O'Grady and Michael Dobrovolsky  
1.1 Creativity  
1.2 Grammar and Linguistic Competence  
Generality: All Languages Have a Grammar  
Equality: All Grammars Are Equal 
Changeability: Grammars Change over Time  
Universality: Grammars Are Alike in Basic Ways  
Tacitness: Grammatical Knowledge Is Subconscious 
Summary  
1.3 Specialization  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions 
Chapter 2 Phonetics: The Sounds of Language 
Michael Dobrovolsky  
2.1 Phonetic Transcription  
Segments  
2.2 The Sound-Producing System  
The Lungs  
The Larynx 
Glottal States  
2.3 Sound Classes  
Vowels and Consonants  
Glides  
2.4 Consonant Articulation 
The Tongue 19 
Places of Articulation  
2.5 Manners of Articulation  
Oral versus Nasal  
Stops  
Fricatives  
Affricates  
Voice Lag and Aspiration  
Liquids   
Syllabic Liquids and Nasals  
American Glides  
2.6 Vowels 
Simple Vowels and Diphthongs  
Basic Parameters for Describing Vowels 
Tense and Lax Vowels  
2.7  Phonetic Transcription of American English Consonants and Vowels  
2.8 Other Vowels and Consonants  
Vowels 
Consonants  
2.9 Suprasegmentals 
Pitch  
Length 
Stress  
2.10 Coarticulation  
Articulatory Processes  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix A: Articulatory Representation of English Consonants  
Appendix B: The International Phonetic Alphabet (condensed)  
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “Don't Worry about Spelling” 
Chapter 3 Phonology: The Function and Patterning of Sounds 
Michael Dobrovolsky  
3.1 Segments in Contrast 
Minimal Pairs  
Language-Specific Contrasts  
3.2 Phonetically Conditioned Variation: 
Phonemes and Allophones  
Complementary Distribution  
Phonemes and Allophones  
The Reality of Phonemes  
Classes and Generalization in Phonology  
Canadian Raising  
English Vowels and Glides 
Language-Specific Patterns  
3.3 Phonetic and Phonemic Transcription 
3.4 Features  
Why We Use Features  
The Features of English  
3.5 Above the Segment: Syllables  
Defining the Syllable 
Onset Constraints and Phonotactics 
Accidental and Systematic Gaps  
Setting Up Syllables 
Syllabic Phonology  
3.6 Derivations and Rule Ordering  
Derivations  
Rule Application  
3.7 The Form and Notation of Rules  
Rules  
Processes: A Last Word  
Representations  
3.8 Stress and Metrics  
Unbounded Feet  
Bounded Feet  
Primary and Secondary Stresses  
Complexity from Simplicity: Stress Parameters 
Extrametricality  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading   
Appendix: Hints for Solving Phonology Problems  
Questions   
For the Student Linguist: “The Feature Presentation" 
Chapter 4 Morphology: The Study of Word Structure 
Videa P. De Guzman, William O'Grady, and Mark Aronoff  
4.1 The Minimal Meaningful Units of Language  
Words  
Free Forms  
Signs and Morphemes  
4.2 Morphology  
Identifying Morphemes and Allomorphs  
Free and Bound Morphemes  
Word Structure  
4.3 Word Formation  
Derivation  
Compounding  
Other Word Formation  
4.4 Inflection 
Inflection versus Derivation  
Nominal Inflection  
Verbal Inflection  
4.5 Morphology and Phonology  
Morphophonemic Rules  
Deriving Allomorphs 
Conditioning by Morphological Class 
Abstract Underlying  Representations 
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix: How to Identify Morphemes in Unfamiliar Languages   
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “Bambification"  
Chapter 5 Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structure  
William O'Grady  
5.1 Categories and Structure 
Word-Level Categories  
Phrase Structure  
Sentences  
Tests for Phrase Structure  
X' Categories 1 
5.2 Complement Options  
Complement Options for Verbs  
Complement Options for Other Categories 
Complement Clauses  
5.3 Transformations  
Inversion in Yes-No Questions  
Deep Structure and Surface Structure  
Wh Movement  
A More Detailed Look at Transformations  
Constraints on Transformations  
5.4 Universal Grammar and Parametric Variation  
Variation in Syntactic Categories  
Variation in Phrase Structure Rules  
Variation in the Choice of Transformations 
Variation in the Formulation of Transformations  
5.5 Some Extensions 
Coordination  
Modifiers  
Relative Clauses  
5.6 Other Types of Syntactic Analysis  
Passive Structures  
Relational Analysis 
Functional Analysis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix: How to Build Tree Structures  
Questions 
For the Student Linguist: "Backwards” 
Chapter 6 Semantics: The Study of Meaning 
William O'Grady 
6.1 Meaning  
Semantic Relations among Words  
Semantic Relations involving Sentences  
What Is Meaning?  
Word Meaning  
6.2 The Conceptual System 
Fuzzy Concepts 
Metaphor  
The Lexicalization of Concepts 
The Grammaticization of Concepts  
6.3 Syntactic Structure and Interpretation  
Structural Ambiguity  
Thematic Roles  
The Interpretation of Pronouns  
6.4 Other Factors in Sentence Interpretation  
The Role of Beliefs and Attitudes  
Setting  
Discourse  
Conversational Strategies  
Speech Acts  
6.5 Language, Meaning, and Thought  
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: "Elvis's Biggest Fan Cleans Out Bank-Accomplice Launders the Dough”  
Chapter 7 
Historical Linguistics: The Study of Language Change  
Robert Murray  
7.1 The Nature of Language Change 
Systematicity of Language Change 
Causes of Language Change 
7.2 Sound Change  
Segmental Change 
Auditorily-based Change  
Phonetic versus Phonological Change 
Explaining Phonological Shift  
Sound Change and Rule Ordering  
7.3 Morphological Change 
Addition of Affixes  
Loss of Affixes  
From Synthetic to Analytic to Synthetic  
Analogy  
Reanalysis  
7.4 Syntactic Change  
Word Order  
Inversion in the History of English  
7.5 Lexical and Semantic Change  
Addition of Lexical Items  
Loss of Lexical Items  
Semantic Change  
7.6 The Spread of Change 
Diffusion through the Language  
Spread through the Population  
7.7 Language Reconstruction  
Comparative Reconstruction  
Techniques of Reconstruction  
Internal Reconstruction  
The Discovery of Indo-European  
Reconstruction and Typology  
7.8 Language Change and Naturalness 
Summing Up  
Key Terms 
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 8 The Classification of Languages  
Aleksandra Steinbergs  
8.1 Structural versus Genetic Relationships  
8.2 Structural Classification  
Phonology  
Morphology  
Syntax  
Explaining Universals  
8.3 Genetic Classification  
The Indo-European Family  
Some Other Families  
The Americas 
Language Isolates  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions 
Chapter 9 
Brain and Language  
Gary Libben  
9.1 The Human Brain 
The Cerebral Cortex  
The Cerebral Hemispheres 
The Lobes of the Cortex  
9.2 Investigating the Brain 
Autopsy Studies  
Images of the Living Brain 
Learning from Hemispheric Connections and Disconnections  
9.3 Aphasia  
Nonfluent Aphasia  
Fluent Aphasia  
9.4 Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia  
Reading and Writing Disturbances in Aphasia  
Acquired Dyslexia as the Dominant Language 
Deficit  
9.5 Linguistic Theory and Aphasia 
Features, Rules, and Underlying Forms  
Agrammatism  
Function Words  
The Loss of Syntactic Competence  
Agrammatism in Other Languages  
9.6 Where Is Language?  
Summing Up  
Key Terms 
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 10 Language Acquisition: The Emergence of a Grammar 
Sook Whan Cho and William O'Grady  
10.1 The Study of Language Acquisition  
Methods  
10.2 Phonological Development 
Babbling 
The Developmental Order 
Early Phonetic Processes  
Production versus Perception  
10.3 Morphological Development  
A Developmental Sequence   
Morphophonemic Rules  
Word Formation Rules  
10.4 Development of Word Meaning  
Acquisition of Word Meaning 
Spatial and Dimensional Terms  
10.5 Syntactic Development  
The One-Word Stage  
The Two-Word Stage  
The Telegraphic Stage  
Later Development  
The Interpretation of Sentence Structure  
10.6 Determinants of Language Acquisition 
The Role of Imitation and Correction  
The Role of Parental Speech 
The Role of Cognitive Development 
The Role of Inborn Knowledge  
Summing Up 
Key Terms  
Sources 
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
Chapter 11 Second Language Acquisition 
Christine Laurell  
11.1 Questions and Issues  
The Optimal Age Issue  
The Role of Linguistic Input  
The Language Learning Environment  
Comparing L1 and L2 Acquisition  
11.2 The Study of Second Language Acquisition 
Phonological Development  
Morphological Development  
Syntactic Development  
11.3 Methods of Analysis  
Contrastive Analysis  
Error Analysis  
11.4 The Learner  
Language Learner Strategies  
Personality  
11.5 Teaching Methodologies  
Grammar Translation Method  
Direct Method  
Audiolingual Method  
Communicative Language Teaching  
11.6 The Immersion Approach  
Total Immersion 418 
Partial Immersion  
Summing Up 
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 12 Language in Social Contexts 
Ronald H. Southerland and Frank Anshen  
12.1 Fundamental Concepts 
12.2 Social Differentiation of Language  
Social Stratification  
Other Ways of Studying Social Differentiation  
The Social Stratification of English  
Language and Gender  
Euphemism  
Slang  
Jargon and Argot  
Politics and Language  
12.3 Dialectology  
Methods  
English in North America  
12.4 Mixed Languages  
Pidgins  
Creoles  
12.5 Speech Situations  
Register  
Forms of Address  
Discourse and Text  
Summing Up   
Key Terms  
Sources   
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “When Language Goes Bad”  
Chapter 13 Writing and Language 
Michael Dobrovolsky and William O'Grady 
13.1 Types of Writing  
Logographic Writing  
Phonographic Writing  
13.2 The History of Writing 
Prewriting  
Pictograms  
13.3 The Evolution of Writing  
Rebuses and the Emergence of Writing   
Towards Syllabic Writing  
Another Middle Eastern Writing System: 
Hieroglyphics  
The Emergence of Alphabets  
Other Developments, East and West   
13.4 Some Other Writing Systems  
Chinese Writing  
Japanese Syllabics  
Korean Writing   
American Scripts   
African Scripts  
Indian Scripts  
13.5 English Orthography 
Irregularities  
Obstacles to Reform  
Impact on Reading   
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 14 Animal Communication  
Michael Dobrovolsky 
14.1 Nonvocal Communication 
14.2 Communication Structure 
Types of Signs 
Sign Structure  
A View of Animal Communication 
14.3 The Bees  
The System  
Bees and Humans  
14.4 The Birds  
Bird Vocalization  
Birds and Humans  
14.5 Nonhuman Primates  
Some Functions of Nonhuman Primate 
Communication  
Prosimian Communication  
Monkeys  
Gibbons, Orangutans, and Chimpanzees 
14.6 Testing Nonhuman Primates for Linguistic Ability 
Some Experiments  
Nonsigning Experiments  
The Clever Hans Controversy  
The Great Ape Debate  
Implications  
14.7 Comparing Communication Systems: 
Design Features  
The Features  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Picture Credits  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
Chapter 15 Computational Linguistics 
Judith Klavans  
15.1 Computational Phonetics and Phonology 
The Talking Machine: Speech Synthesis  
Speech Recognition or Speech Analysis  
15.2 Computational Morphology  
Morphological Processes  
Some Problems in Computational Morphology  
15.3 Computational Syntax  
Natural Language Analysis  
Natural Language Generation  
15.4 Computational Lexicology  
15.5 Computational Semantics  
Pragmatics  
15.6 Practical Applications of Computational 
Linguistics  
Indexing and Concordances  
Text Retrieval   
Machine Translation  
Speech Recognition  
Speech Synthesis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “One Second”  
Glossary 
Language Index 
Index |  | Link: | http://humani.unsa.edu.ar/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=20510 |   
 
	  		Contemporary linguistics : An introducction [texto impreso] /  William O'Grady, Autor ;  Michael Dobrovolsky, Autor ;  Mark Aronoff, Autor  . -  2a. ed. . -  New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993 . - 620 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN : 978-0-312-06780-9 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) | Nota de contenido: | CONTENTS 
Chapter 1 Language: A Preview 
William O'Grady and Michael Dobrovolsky  
1.1 Creativity  
1.2 Grammar and Linguistic Competence  
Generality: All Languages Have a Grammar  
Equality: All Grammars Are Equal 
Changeability: Grammars Change over Time  
Universality: Grammars Are Alike in Basic Ways  
Tacitness: Grammatical Knowledge Is Subconscious 
Summary  
1.3 Specialization  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions 
Chapter 2 Phonetics: The Sounds of Language 
Michael Dobrovolsky  
2.1 Phonetic Transcription  
Segments  
2.2 The Sound-Producing System  
The Lungs  
The Larynx 
Glottal States  
2.3 Sound Classes  
Vowels and Consonants  
Glides  
2.4 Consonant Articulation 
The Tongue 19 
Places of Articulation  
2.5 Manners of Articulation  
Oral versus Nasal  
Stops  
Fricatives  
Affricates  
Voice Lag and Aspiration  
Liquids   
Syllabic Liquids and Nasals  
American Glides  
2.6 Vowels 
Simple Vowels and Diphthongs  
Basic Parameters for Describing Vowels 
Tense and Lax Vowels  
2.7  Phonetic Transcription of American English Consonants and Vowels  
2.8 Other Vowels and Consonants  
Vowels 
Consonants  
2.9 Suprasegmentals 
Pitch  
Length 
Stress  
2.10 Coarticulation  
Articulatory Processes  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix A: Articulatory Representation of English Consonants  
Appendix B: The International Phonetic Alphabet (condensed)  
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “Don't Worry about Spelling” 
Chapter 3 Phonology: The Function and Patterning of Sounds 
Michael Dobrovolsky  
3.1 Segments in Contrast 
Minimal Pairs  
Language-Specific Contrasts  
3.2 Phonetically Conditioned Variation: 
Phonemes and Allophones  
Complementary Distribution  
Phonemes and Allophones  
The Reality of Phonemes  
Classes and Generalization in Phonology  
Canadian Raising  
English Vowels and Glides 
Language-Specific Patterns  
3.3 Phonetic and Phonemic Transcription 
3.4 Features  
Why We Use Features  
The Features of English  
3.5 Above the Segment: Syllables  
Defining the Syllable 
Onset Constraints and Phonotactics 
Accidental and Systematic Gaps  
Setting Up Syllables 
Syllabic Phonology  
3.6 Derivations and Rule Ordering  
Derivations  
Rule Application  
3.7 The Form and Notation of Rules  
Rules  
Processes: A Last Word  
Representations  
3.8 Stress and Metrics  
Unbounded Feet  
Bounded Feet  
Primary and Secondary Stresses  
Complexity from Simplicity: Stress Parameters 
Extrametricality  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading   
Appendix: Hints for Solving Phonology Problems  
Questions   
For the Student Linguist: “The Feature Presentation" 
Chapter 4 Morphology: The Study of Word Structure 
Videa P. De Guzman, William O'Grady, and Mark Aronoff  
4.1 The Minimal Meaningful Units of Language  
Words  
Free Forms  
Signs and Morphemes  
4.2 Morphology  
Identifying Morphemes and Allomorphs  
Free and Bound Morphemes  
Word Structure  
4.3 Word Formation  
Derivation  
Compounding  
Other Word Formation  
4.4 Inflection 
Inflection versus Derivation  
Nominal Inflection  
Verbal Inflection  
4.5 Morphology and Phonology  
Morphophonemic Rules  
Deriving Allomorphs 
Conditioning by Morphological Class 
Abstract Underlying  Representations 
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix: How to Identify Morphemes in Unfamiliar Languages   
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “Bambification"  
Chapter 5 Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structure  
William O'Grady  
5.1 Categories and Structure 
Word-Level Categories  
Phrase Structure  
Sentences  
Tests for Phrase Structure  
X' Categories 1 
5.2 Complement Options  
Complement Options for Verbs  
Complement Options for Other Categories 
Complement Clauses  
5.3 Transformations  
Inversion in Yes-No Questions  
Deep Structure and Surface Structure  
Wh Movement  
A More Detailed Look at Transformations  
Constraints on Transformations  
5.4 Universal Grammar and Parametric Variation  
Variation in Syntactic Categories  
Variation in Phrase Structure Rules  
Variation in the Choice of Transformations 
Variation in the Formulation of Transformations  
5.5 Some Extensions 
Coordination  
Modifiers  
Relative Clauses  
5.6 Other Types of Syntactic Analysis  
Passive Structures  
Relational Analysis 
Functional Analysis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Appendix: How to Build Tree Structures  
Questions 
For the Student Linguist: "Backwards” 
Chapter 6 Semantics: The Study of Meaning 
William O'Grady 
6.1 Meaning  
Semantic Relations among Words  
Semantic Relations involving Sentences  
What Is Meaning?  
Word Meaning  
6.2 The Conceptual System 
Fuzzy Concepts 
Metaphor  
The Lexicalization of Concepts 
The Grammaticization of Concepts  
6.3 Syntactic Structure and Interpretation  
Structural Ambiguity  
Thematic Roles  
The Interpretation of Pronouns  
6.4 Other Factors in Sentence Interpretation  
The Role of Beliefs and Attitudes  
Setting  
Discourse  
Conversational Strategies  
Speech Acts  
6.5 Language, Meaning, and Thought  
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: "Elvis's Biggest Fan Cleans Out Bank-Accomplice Launders the Dough”  
Chapter 7 
Historical Linguistics: The Study of Language Change  
Robert Murray  
7.1 The Nature of Language Change 
Systematicity of Language Change 
Causes of Language Change 
7.2 Sound Change  
Segmental Change 
Auditorily-based Change  
Phonetic versus Phonological Change 
Explaining Phonological Shift  
Sound Change and Rule Ordering  
7.3 Morphological Change 
Addition of Affixes  
Loss of Affixes  
From Synthetic to Analytic to Synthetic  
Analogy  
Reanalysis  
7.4 Syntactic Change  
Word Order  
Inversion in the History of English  
7.5 Lexical and Semantic Change  
Addition of Lexical Items  
Loss of Lexical Items  
Semantic Change  
7.6 The Spread of Change 
Diffusion through the Language  
Spread through the Population  
7.7 Language Reconstruction  
Comparative Reconstruction  
Techniques of Reconstruction  
Internal Reconstruction  
The Discovery of Indo-European  
Reconstruction and Typology  
7.8 Language Change and Naturalness 
Summing Up  
Key Terms 
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 8 The Classification of Languages  
Aleksandra Steinbergs  
8.1 Structural versus Genetic Relationships  
8.2 Structural Classification  
Phonology  
Morphology  
Syntax  
Explaining Universals  
8.3 Genetic Classification  
The Indo-European Family  
Some Other Families  
The Americas 
Language Isolates  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions 
Chapter 9 
Brain and Language  
Gary Libben  
9.1 The Human Brain 
The Cerebral Cortex  
The Cerebral Hemispheres 
The Lobes of the Cortex  
9.2 Investigating the Brain 
Autopsy Studies  
Images of the Living Brain 
Learning from Hemispheric Connections and Disconnections  
9.3 Aphasia  
Nonfluent Aphasia  
Fluent Aphasia  
9.4 Acquired Dyslexia and Dysgraphia  
Reading and Writing Disturbances in Aphasia  
Acquired Dyslexia as the Dominant Language 
Deficit  
9.5 Linguistic Theory and Aphasia 
Features, Rules, and Underlying Forms  
Agrammatism  
Function Words  
The Loss of Syntactic Competence  
Agrammatism in Other Languages  
9.6 Where Is Language?  
Summing Up  
Key Terms 
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 10 Language Acquisition: The Emergence of a Grammar 
Sook Whan Cho and William O'Grady  
10.1 The Study of Language Acquisition  
Methods  
10.2 Phonological Development 
Babbling 
The Developmental Order 
Early Phonetic Processes  
Production versus Perception  
10.3 Morphological Development  
A Developmental Sequence   
Morphophonemic Rules  
Word Formation Rules  
10.4 Development of Word Meaning  
Acquisition of Word Meaning 
Spatial and Dimensional Terms  
10.5 Syntactic Development  
The One-Word Stage  
The Two-Word Stage  
The Telegraphic Stage  
Later Development  
The Interpretation of Sentence Structure  
10.6 Determinants of Language Acquisition 
The Role of Imitation and Correction  
The Role of Parental Speech 
The Role of Cognitive Development 
The Role of Inborn Knowledge  
Summing Up 
Key Terms  
Sources 
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
Chapter 11 Second Language Acquisition 
Christine Laurell  
11.1 Questions and Issues  
The Optimal Age Issue  
The Role of Linguistic Input  
The Language Learning Environment  
Comparing L1 and L2 Acquisition  
11.2 The Study of Second Language Acquisition 
Phonological Development  
Morphological Development  
Syntactic Development  
11.3 Methods of Analysis  
Contrastive Analysis  
Error Analysis  
11.4 The Learner  
Language Learner Strategies  
Personality  
11.5 Teaching Methodologies  
Grammar Translation Method  
Direct Method  
Audiolingual Method  
Communicative Language Teaching  
11.6 The Immersion Approach  
Total Immersion 418 
Partial Immersion  
Summing Up 
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 12 Language in Social Contexts 
Ronald H. Southerland and Frank Anshen  
12.1 Fundamental Concepts 
12.2 Social Differentiation of Language  
Social Stratification  
Other Ways of Studying Social Differentiation  
The Social Stratification of English  
Language and Gender  
Euphemism  
Slang  
Jargon and Argot  
Politics and Language  
12.3 Dialectology  
Methods  
English in North America  
12.4 Mixed Languages  
Pidgins  
Creoles  
12.5 Speech Situations  
Register  
Forms of Address  
Discourse and Text  
Summing Up   
Key Terms  
Sources   
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “When Language Goes Bad”  
Chapter 13 Writing and Language 
Michael Dobrovolsky and William O'Grady 
13.1 Types of Writing  
Logographic Writing  
Phonographic Writing  
13.2 The History of Writing 
Prewriting  
Pictograms  
13.3 The Evolution of Writing  
Rebuses and the Emergence of Writing   
Towards Syllabic Writing  
Another Middle Eastern Writing System: 
Hieroglyphics  
The Emergence of Alphabets  
Other Developments, East and West   
13.4 Some Other Writing Systems  
Chinese Writing  
Japanese Syllabics  
Korean Writing   
American Scripts   
African Scripts  
Indian Scripts  
13.5 English Orthography 
Irregularities  
Obstacles to Reform  
Impact on Reading   
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Sources  
Recommended Reading  
Questions  
Chapter 14 Animal Communication  
Michael Dobrovolsky 
14.1 Nonvocal Communication 
14.2 Communication Structure 
Types of Signs 
Sign Structure  
A View of Animal Communication 
14.3 The Bees  
The System  
Bees and Humans  
14.4 The Birds  
Bird Vocalization  
Birds and Humans  
14.5 Nonhuman Primates  
Some Functions of Nonhuman Primate 
Communication  
Prosimian Communication  
Monkeys  
Gibbons, Orangutans, and Chimpanzees 
14.6 Testing Nonhuman Primates for Linguistic Ability 
Some Experiments  
Nonsigning Experiments  
The Clever Hans Controversy  
The Great Ape Debate  
Implications  
14.7 Comparing Communication Systems: 
Design Features  
The Features  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Picture Credits  
Sources  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
Chapter 15 Computational Linguistics 
Judith Klavans  
15.1 Computational Phonetics and Phonology 
The Talking Machine: Speech Synthesis  
Speech Recognition or Speech Analysis  
15.2 Computational Morphology  
Morphological Processes  
Some Problems in Computational Morphology  
15.3 Computational Syntax  
Natural Language Analysis  
Natural Language Generation  
15.4 Computational Lexicology  
15.5 Computational Semantics  
Pragmatics  
15.6 Practical Applications of Computational 
Linguistics  
Indexing and Concordances  
Text Retrieval   
Machine Translation  
Speech Recognition  
Speech Synthesis  
Summing Up  
Key Terms  
Recommended Reading 
Questions  
For the Student Linguist: “One Second”  
Glossary 
Language Index 
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