An introduction to linguistic science / Edgar H. Sturtevant
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- 173 páginas : ilustraciones ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introductory.-- 2. Phonetics and Phonemics.-- 3. The relation of writing to speech.-- 4. records of speech.-- 5. The origen of language.-- 6. Descriptive linguistics.-- 7. The Empirical basis of phonetic laws.-- 8. Why are phonetics laws regular?.-- 9. Assimilation and dissimilation.-- 10. Analogic creation.-- 11. Processes sometimes confused with analogic creation.-- 12. Change of vocabulary.-- 13. Change of meaning.-- 14. Borrowing.-- 15. The comparative method.