Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Teacher -- Part I - The Structure of Human Language -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - What Is Linguistics? -- Chapter 2 - Morphology: The Study of the Structure of Words -- Chapter 3 - Phonetics and Phonemic Transcription -- Chapter 4 - Phonology: The Study of Sound Structure -- Chapter 5 - Syntax: The Study of Sentence Structure -- Chapter 6 - Semantics: The Study of Linguistic Meaning -- Chapter 7 - Language Variation -- Chapter 8 - Language Change -- Part II - Communication and Cognitive Science -- Introduction -- Chapter 9 - Pragmatics: The Study of Language Use and Communication -- Chapter 10 - Psychology of Language: Speech Production and Comprehension -- Chapter 11 - Language Acquisition in Children -- Chapter 12 - Language and the Brain -- Appendix - The Written Representation of Language -- Glossary -- Index.