Introduction to the Study of Language

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 1. THE DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER 2. THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANGUAGE TO OTHER TYPES OF SIGNS -- CHAPTER 3. THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS -- PART II. DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 4. COMPONENTS OF THE LANGUAGE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 5. THE PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 6. THE SEMANTIC SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 7. THE SYNTACTIC SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 8. THE STYLISTIC SYSTEM -- PART III. HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 9. PRINCIPLES OF HISTORICAL LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 10. RESEARCH METHODS OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 11. HISTORICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 12. THE CAUSES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE -- PART IV. TYPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS -- CHAPTER 13. FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY -- CHAPTER 14. PHONOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY -- CHAPTER 15. SEMANTIC TYPOLOGY -- CHAPTER 16. SYNTACTIC TYPOLOGY -- CHAPTER 17. STYLISTIC TYPOLOGY -- CHAPTER 18. RECESSIVE AND EXPANSIVE LANGUAGE FEATURES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OE TERMS DEFINED -- INDEX OF THE NAMES OF LANGUAGES -- INDEX OF NAMES