TY - BOOK AU - Finegan,Edward AU - Besnier,Niko TI - Language: its structure and use SN - 015549175X AV - P106 .F525 1989 U1 - 410 20 PY - 1989/// CY - San Diego PB - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistics KW - Lingüística KW - Langage et langues KW - Linguistique KW - Language N1 - Includes bibliographies and indexes; Language structure and language use -- Phonetics : the sounds of language -- Phonology : the sound systems of language -- Morphology : structured meaning in words -- Syntax : sentences and their structure -- Semantics : word meaning and sentence meaning -- Pragmatics : information structure -- Language universals and language typology -- The historical development of languages -- Speech acts and conversation -- Writing -- Dialects : linguistic variation among social groups -- Registers : language variation in situations of use -- The historical development of English -- Language standards and language attitudes UR - http://www.archive.org/details/languageitsstruc00fine UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL2416594M ER -