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Thinking Linguistically A Scientific Approach to Language

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ISBN-10: 1405108320

ISBN-13: 9781405108324

Edition: 2007

Authors: Maya Honda, Wayne O'Neil

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Thinking Linguistically investigates knowledge of the structure of language and teaches students how to pursue serious, scientific inquiry by doing linguistics. Integrates problem sets into the text which guide students through the formulation and evaluation of hypotheses on the basis of linguistic data. Developed by two experienced teachers specifically for course use. Enables students to draw accurate conclusions to questions while also understanding the reasoning and methodology behind them.
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Book details

List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
Typographical Conventions
An Introduction to Thinking Linguistically
Plural Noun Formation in Armenian
Noun Pluralization, or How to Talk About More Than Two Dogs in Kiowa
Noun Pluralization: An Introduction
Plural Noun Formation in English
Noun Pluralization: The Role of Phonology
Revisited: Plural Noun Formation in English
Noun Pluralization: Morphology Meets Phonology
Regular-Irregular Noun Plurals in English
Past Tense Formation in English
Plural Noun Formation in Spanish
Plural Noun Formation in Brazilian Portuguese
The Acquisition of Morphophonology
Noun Pluralization: Morphology Meets Syntax and Meaning
Plural Noun Formation in Nicaraguan English
Noun Pluralization: The Interaction of Linguistic Features
Plural Noun Formation in Mandarin Chinese
Plural Noun Formation in Cherokee
Noun Pluralization: A Summary
Question Formation, or How to Find Out Whether the Cat Is Sleeping in Tohono O'odham
Merge
Merging, Transforming, and Converging
An Introduction to the Syntax of Question Formation
WH-Question Formation in Mandarin Chinese
Syntactic Movement and Question Formation
Yes/No Question Formation in Tohono O'odham
WH-Question Formation in English
WH-Question Formation in Brazilian Portuguese
Question Formation: A Summary
WH-Question Formation in Tohono O'odham
The Acquisition of WH-Question Formation
Indonesian Speakers' Acquisition of English WH-Question Formation
Constraints, or Why You Can't Say Wanna Whenever You Wanna
Syntactic Constraints on Contraction in English
The Syntax of Wanna-Contraction in English
The Syntax of Is-Contraction in English
Contraction in English: Its Acquisition and Related Topics
Meaning and - Finally - about Counting Dogs in Kiowa
Meaning: An Introduction
Beyond Pluralization: Inversion and Noun Modification in Kiowa
How Do Kiowas Talk About More Than Two Dogs?
Argument Structure: The Conceptual System of Language
[theta]-Roles and Prepositions in English
On Thinking Linguistically: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
References
Index