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LTG CHAPTER SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 1: THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE
The divine source
The nature sound source
The social interaction source
The physical adaption source
The tool-making source
The genetic source
CHAPTER 3: THE SOUND OF LANGUAGE
Phonetics
Consonants
Voice and voiceless sound
Place of Articulation
Farmiliar symbols
Unfarmiliar symbols
Manner of Articulation
A consonant chart
Vowels
Diphthongs
Study Questions
CHAPTER 4: THE SOUND PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE
Phonology
Phonemes
Phones and Allophones
Phonotactics
Syllables
Coarticulation Effects
CHAPTER 5: WORD FORMATION
Neologisms
Etymology
Borrowing
Compounding
Clipping
Conversion
Coinage
Derivation
Multiple Processes
Study Questions
CHAPTER 6: Morphology
Morphemes
Morphological Description
Morphs, Allomorphs and Special Cases
Other languages
Study Question
CHAPTER 7: GRAMMAR
English grammar
Traditional grammar
The Prescriptive Approach
The Descriptive Approach
Subjects and Objects
Word order
Study Question
CHAPTER 8: SYNTAX
Syntactic rules
Deep and surface structure
Syntactic analysis
Phrase structure rules
Lexical rules
Tree diagrams
Study Questions
CHAPTER 9: SEMANTICS
Meaning
Semantic Features
Semantic Roles
Lexical Relations
Collocation
Study Questions
CHAPTER 10: PRAMATICS
Context
Reference
Presupposition
Pragmatic Markers
Politeness
Speech acts
Study Questions
CHAPTER 12: Language and the Brain
Neurolinguistics
Language Areas in the Brain
Tongue Tips and Slips
Aphasia
Dichotic Listening
The Critical Period
Study Questions
CHAETER 13: FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Acquisition
The Acquisition Schedule
The Acquisition Process
Developing Morphology
Developing Syntax
Developing Semantics
CHAPTER 14: SECOND LANGGUAGE ACQUISITION LEARNING
Second language learning
Focus on Teaching Method
Focus on the Learner
Communicative Competence
LTG CHAPTER SUMMARY
CHAPTER 7: GRAMMAR
Grammar: a study of structure of phrases or sentences.
English grammar
Traditional grammar
The Descriptive Approach
The Descriptive Approach
Subjects and Objects
Word order
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