Preface -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- Introduction -- 1. The sounds: phonetics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Spelling vs. pronunciation: the representation of speech sounds -- 1.3 Producing sounds -- 1.4. How sounds differ from each other: the classification of speech sounds -- 1.5. Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 2. The sound system: phonology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Introducing order into the chaos: the phoneme -- 2.3 The key to finding the order -- 2.4 More about the sound system of English -- 2.5 The syllable -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 3. The structure of words: morphology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Minimal building blocks: morphemes -- 3.3 Types of morphemes -- 3.4 Morphological analysis of words -- 3.5 Realisation of morphemes: allomorphs -- 3.6 Morphological processes: inflection and derivation -- 3.7 Word-formation -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 4. The structure of sentences: syntax -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The building blocks: words and phrases -- 4.3. The functional level: subjects, objects, adverbials, predicates -- 4.4 The mapping of form and function -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 5. The meaning of words and sentences: semantics -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. What does 'meaning' mean? Words, concepts, and referents -- 5.3 Compositional and non-compositional meaning -- 5.4 The network: organising word meaning -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 6. Studying language in use: pragmatics -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Expressing intentions through language -- 6.3 Understanding utterance meaning -- 6.4 Exploring pragmatic principles -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- 7. Extensions and applications: historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics -- 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Historical linguistics: how languages develop -- 7.3 Sociolinguistics: the social significance of language -- 7.4 Psycholinguistics: how do we store and process language? -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Further reading -- Exercises -- Glossary -- References -- Subject index.