Description
Contents
Born to speak --Some traits of language --
Distinctive sound --
Sounds and words --
Lexicon --
Syntax --
Meaning --
Mind in the grip of language --
Psychology and language learning --
The origin of language --
Variation in space --
Variation in time : sources of variation --
Variation in time : the outcome of variation --
Writing and reading --
Schools and theories --
Language and the public interest --
Style. ISBN:0155038710
