This online textbook serves to provide an introduction to the science of linguistics, its major subfields, and its theoretical consequences.

Part of the Linguistics Collection

Contents

00.Introduction- How does language work?

linguistics, descriptivism, hidden knowledge, deep structure, experimental data

01.Phonetics- The sounds of speech

articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics, the International Phonetic Alphabet

02.Phonology- Internal Representations and Rules of Sounds

phonemes, allophony, morphophonology

03.Morphology- How we make words

morphemes, affixes, other morphemes, inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, morphosyntax, non-morphemic theories

07.Typology- The unity and diversity of language

phonological, morphological, morphosyntactic, syntactic

09.Orthography- The use of written language

directionality, spelling systems, alphabets, abjads, abugidas, syllabaries, logographies, mixed scripts, unwritten language and new orthographies

11.Psycholinguistics- Language in the mind

understanding of language

Glossary

definition of terms

IPA Chart

IPA chart

Bibliography


See also

  • Category:Subject:Languages
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