TY - BOOK AU - Yule,George. TI - The study of Language. SN - 9780521633925 AV - P106.Y85 PY - 1996/// CY - NewYork PB - Cambridge KW - Languages and Linguistics N1 - Includes biographical references and index; Contents:-- The Origins of Language -- The Development of Writing -- The Properties of Language -- animals and Human languages -- The sounds of Language -- The sound patterns of Language -- Words and word-formation processes -- Morphology -- Phrases and Sentences :grammar -- Syntax -- Semantics -- Pragmatics -- Discourse analysis -- language and Machines -- Language and the brain -- First language acquisition -- Second language acquisition/learning -- sign language -- Language history and Change -- Language varieties -- Language, society and culture -- Appendix ER -