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The Origins of Language

The Divine Source, The Natural Source, The Natural Sound Source, The Musical Source, The Physical Adaptation Source, The Tool-Making Source, The Gesture Source, The Genetic Source

Animals and Human language

Communication, Properties of Human Language, Talking to Animals, Chimpanzees and Language, Using Language

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The Sounds of Language

Phonetics, Consonants, Voiced and Voiceless Sounds, Place of Articulation, Manner of Articulation, A Consonant Chart, Vowels, Diphthongs, Subtle Individual Variation

The Sound Patterns of Language

Phonology, Phonemes, Phones and Allophones, Phonotactics, Syllables, Coarticulation Effects

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Word Formation

Neologisms, Etymology, Borrowing, Compounding, Clipping, Conversion, Coinage, Derivation

Morphology

Morphemes, Morphological Description, Morphs, Allomorphs, Special Cases, Other Languages

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Grammar

English Grammar, Traditional Grammar, The Prescriptive Approach, The Descriptive Approach, Subjects and Objects, Word Order

Syntax

Syntactic Rules and Analysis, Phrase Structure Rules, Lexical Rules, Tree Diagrams, A Movement Rule

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Semantics

Meaning, Sematic Features, Sematic Roles, Lexical Relations, Collocation

Pragmatics

Invisible Meaning, Context, Reference, Presupposition, Pragmatic Markers, The Co-operative Principle, Politeness, Speech Acts

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Discourse Analysis

Discourse, Cohesion, Coherence, Conversation Analysis, Conversational Repair, Background Knowledge

Language and the Brain

Neurolinguistics, Language Areas in the Brain, Tongue Tips and Slips, Aphasia, Dichotic Learning, The Critical Period

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First Language Acquisition

Acquisition, The Acquisition Schedule and Process, Developing Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics

Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Acquisition, Focus on Teaching Method, Task-Based Learning, Focus on the Learner, Communicative Competence

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Gestures and Sign Language

 Gestures, Types of Sign Gestures, Oralism, Signed English, Origins of Sign Language, The Structure of Signs, Representing Signs, The Meaning of Signs, Sign Languages and Natural Languages

Written Language

Writing, Phonographic Writing, Syllabic Writing, Alphabetic Writing, Written English

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Language History and Change

Family Trees, Indo-European Tree, Comparative Reconstruction, The History of English, Sound Changes, Syntactic and Semantic Changes, Diachronic and Synchronic Variation

Regional Variation in Language

The Standard Language, Dialectology, Regional Bilingualism, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles

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Social Variation in Language

Sociolinguistics, Speech Style and Style-Shifting, Speech Accommodation, Register, Slang

Language and Culture

Culture, Categories, Language Relativity, Cognitive Categories, Social Categories, Gender

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