Chapters
- 1 — Introduction
- 2 — Sounds of Language: Phonetics and Phonology
- 3 — Structure of Words: Morphology
- 4 — Lexicon
- 5 — Structure of Sentences: Syntax
- 6 — Meaning
- 7 — Sociolinguistics: Language in Social Context
- 8 — Psycholinguistics: Language, the Mind and the Brain
- 9 — Language Acquisition
- 10 — Language in its Biological Context
- 11 — Unity and Diversity in Language Structure
- 12 — Language Change
- 13 — Languages of the World
