An Introduction to Language, 11th Edition By Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams
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The 11th edition of An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams is structured into 10 streamlined chapters that cover the core fields of formal linguistics, language acquisition, and the social and biological aspects of communication. [1]
The complete breakdown of the chapters and topics covered in the textbook: [1, 2]
1. Introduction to the Nature of Language
  • Chapter 1: What Is Language?
    • Linguistic knowledge vs. linguistic performance.
    • What is grammar? (Descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar, universal grammar).
    • Distinctions between human language and animal communication.
    • The relationship between language and thought (the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis).
2. Core Grammatical Modules
  • Chapters 2–4 cover the structural building blocks of language, including Morphology (words, morphemes, and word-formation rules), Syntax (sentence structure, phrase trees, and grammatical dependencies), and Semantics/Pragmatics (compositional and lexical meaning, context, and speech acts).
3. Phonetics and Phonology
  • Chapters 5–6 explore the sound systems of human language, detailing Phonetics (the International Phonetic Alphabet and articulatory features) and Phonology (phonemes, allophones, and phonological rules).
4. Language, Society, and Time
  • Chapters 7–8 examine the sociological and historical dimensions of communication, addressing Language in Society (dialects, bilingualism, and pidgins/creoles) and Language Change (historical evolution, language families, and writing systems).
5. Psycholinguistics and Biological Foundations
  • Chapters 9–10 investigate the cognitive and neurological aspects of communication through Language Acquisition (child development and second-language learning) and Language Processing (neurolinguistics, aphasia, and the critical period hypothesis).

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9780357698129 9781337559577 9781337559584 9781337671279 9781337677431 9798214346540 cognitive and neurological aspects of communication Distinctions between human language and animal communication. Language Acquisition (child development and second-language learning) Language Change (historical evolution language families and writing systems). Language in Society (dialects bilingualism and pidgins/creoles) Language Processing (neurolinguistics aphasia and the critical period hypothesis). Morphology (words morphemes and word-formation rules) Phonetics (the International Phonetic Alphabet and articulatory features) Phonetics and Phonology Phonology (phonemes allophones and phonological rules). Psycholinguistics and Biological Foundations Semantics/Pragmatics (compositional and lexical meaning context and speech acts). sociological and historical dimensions of communication sound systems of human language structural building blocks of language Syntax (sentence structure phrase trees and grammatical dependencies) The relationship between language and thought (the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis). What is grammar? (Descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar What Is Language? Linguistic knowledge vs. linguistic performance.
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