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Thinking linguistically : a scientific approach to language / Maya Honda and Wayne O'Neil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA., USA ; Oxford, UK ; Victoria, Australia : Blackwell Publication Ltd : 2008Description: x, 253 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405108324 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Thinking linguistically.DDC classification:
  • 410 HON 22
Online resources:
Contents:
Pt. I. Noun pluralization, or how to talk about more than two dogs in Kiowa -- 1. Noun pluralization: an introduction -- 2. Noun pluralization: the role of phonology -- 3. Noun pluralization: morphology meets phonology -- 4. Acquisition of morphophonology -- 5. Noun pluralization: morphology meets syntax and meaning -- 6. Noun pluralization: the interaction of linguistic features -- 7. Noun pluralization: a summary -- Pt. II. Question formation, or how to find out whether the cat is sleeping in Tohono O'odham -- 8. Merge -- 9. Introduction to the syntax of question formation -- 10. Syntactic movement and question formation -- 11. Question formation: a summary -- 12. Acquisition of WH-question formation -- Pt. III. Constraints, or why you can't say wanna whenever you wanna -- 13. Syntactic constraints on contraction in English -- 14. Contraction in English: its acquisition and related topics -- Pt. IV. Meaning and - finally - about counting dogs in Kiowa -- 15. Meaning: an introduction -- 16. Beyond pluralization: inversion and noun modification in Kiowa -- 17. Argument structure: the conceptual system of language -- 18. On thinking linguistically: looking back and looking ahead.
Summary: "Thinking Linguistically investigates knowledge of the structure of language and teaches students how to pursue serious, scientific inquiry by doing linguistics. Problem sets, primarily focused on NP pluralization and question formation across language, are integrated into the text in order to guide students through the formulation and evaluation of hypotheses on the basis of linguistic data. Acquisition of the linguistic phenomena of the problem sets is also examined. Developed by two experienced teachers specifically for introductory courses on linguistics and language acquisition, this book enables students to reach conclusions about questions of linguistics while also understanding the reasoning and methodology behind them."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Noun pluralization, or how to talk about more than two dogs in Kiowa -- 1. Noun pluralization: an introduction -- 2. Noun pluralization: the role of phonology -- 3. Noun pluralization: morphology meets phonology -- 4. Acquisition of morphophonology -- 5. Noun pluralization: morphology meets syntax and meaning -- 6. Noun pluralization: the interaction of linguistic features -- 7. Noun pluralization: a summary -- Pt. II. Question formation, or how to find out whether the cat is sleeping in Tohono O'odham -- 8. Merge -- 9. Introduction to the syntax of question formation -- 10. Syntactic movement and question formation -- 11. Question formation: a summary -- 12. Acquisition of WH-question formation -- Pt. III. Constraints, or why you can't say wanna whenever you wanna -- 13. Syntactic constraints on contraction in English -- 14. Contraction in English: its acquisition and related topics -- Pt. IV. Meaning and - finally - about counting dogs in Kiowa -- 15. Meaning: an introduction -- 16. Beyond pluralization: inversion and noun modification in Kiowa -- 17. Argument structure: the conceptual system of language -- 18. On thinking linguistically: looking back and looking ahead.

"Thinking Linguistically investigates knowledge of the structure of language and teaches students how to pursue serious, scientific inquiry by doing linguistics. Problem sets, primarily focused on NP pluralization and question formation across language, are integrated into the text in order to guide students through the formulation and evaluation of hypotheses on the basis of linguistic data. Acquisition of the linguistic phenomena of the problem sets is also examined. Developed by two experienced teachers specifically for introductory courses on linguistics and language acquisition, this book enables students to reach conclusions about questions of linguistics while also understanding the reasoning and methodology behind them."

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