The Cambridge encyclopedia of language /
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| Author / Creator: | Crystal, David, 1941- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description: | 480 p. : ill. (col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2594978 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Popular Ideas about Language
- 1. The prescriptive tradition
- 2. The equality of languages
- 3. The magic of language
- 4. The functions of language
- 5. Language and thought
- Part II. Language and Identity
- 6. Physical identity
- 7. Psychological identity
- 8. Geographical identity
- 8. Ethnic and national identity
- 10. Social identity
- 11. Contextual identity
- 12. Stylistic identity and literature
- Part III. The Structure of Language
- 13. Linguistic levels
- 14. Typology and universals
- 15. The statistical structure of language
- 16. Grammar
- 17. Semantics
- 18. Dictionaries
- 19. Names
- 20. Discourses and text
- 21. Pragmatics
- Part IV. The Medium of Language: Speaking and Listening
- 22. The anatomy and physiology of speech
- 23. The acoustics of speech
- 24. The instrumental
- 25. Speech reception
- 26. Speech interaction with machines
- 27. The sounds of speech
- 28. The linguistic use of sound
- 29. Suprasegmentals
- 30. Sound symbolism
- Part V. The Medium of Language: Writing and Reading
- 31. Written and spoken language
- 32. Graphic expression
- 33. Graphology
- 34. The process of reading and writing
- Part VI. The Medium of Language: Signing and Seeing
- 35. Sign language
- 36. Sign language structure
- 37. Types of sign language
- Part VII. Child Language Acquisition
- 38. Investigating children's language
- 39. The first year
- 40. Phonological development
- 41. Grammatical development
- 42. Semantic development
- 43. Pragmatic development
- 44. Language development in school
- Part VIII. Language, Brain and Handicap
- 45. Language and the brain
- 46. Language handicap
- Part IX. The Languages of the World
- 47. How any languages?
- 48. How many speakers?
- 49. The origins of language
- 50. Families of languages
- 51. The Indo-European family
- 52. Other families
- 53. Language isolates
- 54. Language change
- 55. Pidgins and creoles
- Part X. Language in the World
- 56. The language barrier
- 57. Translating and interpreting
- 58. Artificial languages
- 59. World languages
- 60. Multilingualism
- 61. Language planning
- 62. Foreign language learning and teaching
- 63. Language for special purposes
- Part XI. Language and Communication
- 64. Language and other communication systems
- 65. Linguistics
- Appendices