目錄
Preface to first edition
Preface to second edition
Preface to third edition
Preface to fourth edition
System of reference
Transcriptions and abbreviations
1 General linguistics: the scope of the subject
1.1 General linguistics as the study of language
1.1.1 Language and languages
1.1.2 Descriptive, historical, and comparative
linguistics
1.1.3 The term 'philology'
1.2 Linguistics as a science
1.2.1 Implications of the term 'science'
1.2.2 Practical applications
1.3 The range of general linguistics
1.3.1 Levels of analysis
1.3.2 Language and communication
1.3.3 Phonetics, phonology, grammar,
semantics
1.4 Semantics
1.4.1 Philosophical and linguistic interest in
meaning
1.4.2 Word meaning
1.4.3 Sentence meaning
1.4.4 Extralinguistic context
1.4.5 Translation
General bibliography
Bibliography for Chapter 1
Notes to Chapter 1
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2 Theoretical and methodological considerations
3 Phonetics
4 Phonology
5 Grammar: grammatical elements
6 Grammar: grammatical classes, structures, and categories
7 Current linguistic theory
8 Linguistic comparison
9 Wider perspectives
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