From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
Preface to the first edition
Preface to second edition
I. Popular ideas about language
1. The prescriptive tradition
2. The equality of languages
4. The functions of language
II. Language and identity
7. Psychological identity
9. Ethnic and national identity
12. Stylistic identity and literature
III. The structure of language
14. Typology and universals
15. The statistical structure of language
IV. The medium of language : speaking and listening
22. The anatomy and physiology of speech
23. The acoustics of speech
24. The instrumental analysis of speech
26. Speech interaction with machines
28. The linguistic use of sound
V. The medium of language : writing and reading
31. Written and spoken language
34. The process of reading and writing
VI. The medium of language : signing and seeing
36. Sign language structure
37. Types of sign language
VII. Child language acquisition
38. Investigating children's language
40. Phonological development
41. Grammatical development
43. Pragmatic development
44. Language development in school
VIII. Language, brain, and disability
45. Language and the brain
IX. The languages of the world
49. The origins of language
51. The Indo-European family
57. Translating and interpreting
62. Foreign language teaching and learning
63. Language for special purposes
XI. Language and communication
64. Language and other communication systems
II. Special symbols and abbreviations
III. Table of the world's languages
VI. Index of languages, families, dialects, and scripts
VII. Index of authors and personalities
