Linguistics: An Introduction: Answer Key

✍ Scribed by William B. McGregor

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 147
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the print edition of the Answer Key for Linguistics: An Introduction by William B. McGregor. It features a full set of answers to the questions in the main textbook and supports lecturers in their teaching from the book. It is fully illustrated and features two appendices covering tasks that students can take on as independent projects.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology
3 Structure of Words: Morphology
4 Lexicon
5 Structure of Sentences: Syntax
6 Meaning
7 Sociolinguistics: Language in Its Social Context
8 Text and Discourse
9 Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain
10 Language Acquisition
11 Language in Its Biological Context
12 Gesture and Sign Languages
13 Writing
14 Unity and Diversity in Language Structure
15 Language Change
16 Languages of the World
Appendix 1. Sample Biography of a Linguist
Appendix 2. Brief Description of a Language