The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
| Book | The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language |
| Publisher | Guild Publishing |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Cambridge University Press |
| Copyright Holder | Cambridge University Press |
| Designed by | Roger Walker, Linde Hardaker |
| Printed by | The Bath Press |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Chris McLeod |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 1987 |
| This Edition Published | 1988 |
| Pages / Font | 472 pages |
| Other | CN 6855 |
| Chapters | Editorial advisors Preface I Popular ideas about language 1 The prescriptive tradition 2 The equality of languages 3 The magic of language 4 The functions of language 5 Language and thought II Language and identity 6 Physical identity 7 Psychological identity 8 Geographical identity 9 Ethnic and national identity 10 Social identity 11 Contextual identity 12 Stylistic identity and literature III The structure of language 13 Linguistic levels 14 Typology and universals 15 The statistical structure of language 16 Grammer 17 Semantics 18 Dictionaries 19 Names 20 Discourse and text 21 Pragmatics IV The medium of language: speaking and listening 22 The anatomy and physiology of speech 23 The acoustics of speech 24 The instrumental analysis of speech 25 Speech reception 26 Speech interaction with machines 27 The sounds of speech 28 The linguistic use of sound 29 Suprasegmentals 30 Sound symbolism V The medium of language: writing and reading 31 Written and spoken language 32 Graphic expression 33 Graphology 34 The process of reading and writing VI The medium of language: signing and seeing 35 Sign language 36 Sign language structure 37 Types of sign language VII Child language acquisition 38 Investigating children's language 39 The first year 40 Phonological development 41 Grammatical development 42 Semantic development 43 Pragmatic development 44 Language development in school VIII Language, brain and handicap 45 Language and the brain 46 Language handicap IX The languages of the world 47 How many languages? 48 How many speakers? 49 The origins of language 50 Families of languages 51 The Indo-European family 52 Other families 53 Language isolates 54 Language change 55 Pidgins and creoles X Language in the world 56 The language barrier 57 Translating and interpreting 58 Artificial languages 59 World languages 60 Multilingualism 61 Language planning 62 Foreign language learning and teaching XI Language and communication 63 Language and other communication systems 65 Linguistics Appendices I Glossary II Special symbols and abbreviations used in the encyclopedia III Table of the world's languages IV Further reading V References VI Index of languages, families, dialects, and scripts VII Index of authors and personalities VIII Index of topics |
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