Elizabeth Grace Winkler is Faculty Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, USA.Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Western Kentucky University, USA.

• List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Defining and Acquiring Language1. What Every Native Speaker Secretly Understands 2. Human Language versus Animal Communication Systems 3. First Language Acquisition4. Second Language Acquisition5. Language, the Brain and the Mind Part II: Structures of Language6. Phonetics7. Phonology 8. Morphology: The Grammar of Words 9. Syntax: Grammatical Structures Part III: Language in Use10. Semantics: Language and Meaning 11. Pragmatics: Language in Use12. Historical Linguistics: The Development of English13. Language Variation and Change14. World Englishes Bibliography Index

This book covers basic knowledge about linguistics with substantive discussion of all topics related to language and language use; it is also a fun book to read with many examples. Hence, an ideal text for linguistic students at all levels.

Elizabeth Grace Winkler is Faculty Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, USA.Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Western Kentucky University, USA.

• List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Defining and Acquiring Language1. What Every Native Speaker Secretly Understands 2. Human Language versus Animal Communication Systems 3. First Language Acquisition4. Second Language Acquisition5. Language, the Brain and the Mind Part II: Structures of Language6. Phonetics7. Phonology 8. Morphology: The Grammar of Words 9. Syntax: Grammatical Structures Part III: Language in Use10. Semantics: Language and Meaning 11. Pragmatics: Language in Use12. Historical Linguistics: The Development of English13. Language Variation and Change14. World Englishes Bibliography Index

This book covers basic knowledge about linguistics with substantive discussion of all topics related to language and language use; it is also a fun book to read with many examples. Hence, an ideal text for linguistic students at all levels.

Elizabeth Grace Winkler is Faculty Emeritus at Western Kentucky University, USA.Trini Stickle is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Western Kentucky University, USA.

• List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Defining and Acquiring Language1. What Every Native Speaker Secretly Understands 2. Human Language versus Animal Communication Systems 3. First Language Acquisition4. Second Language Acquisition5. Language, the Brain and the Mind Part II: Structures of Language6. Phonetics7. Phonology 8. Morphology: The Grammar of Words 9. Syntax: Grammatical Structures Part III: Language in Use10. Semantics: Language and Meaning 11. Pragmatics: Language in Use12. Historical Linguistics: The Development of English13. Language Variation and Change14. World Englishes Bibliography Index

This book covers basic knowledge about linguistics with substantive discussion of all topics related to language and language use; it is also a fun book to read with many examples. Hence, an ideal text for linguistic students at all levels.