Introduction
Linguistics has both practical and philosophical motivations. So both
the first and second editions of this text were directed toward students of [1] ______
many [1] ______. This third edition continues and further develops this approach.
We have aimed to dispel a number of myths about language and to
discuss the various aspects of language from both an [2] ______ and current [2] ______
point of view. Part one is "The Nature of Human Language. "Then we
discuss speech sounds or [3] ______ and includes a passage on machines [3] ______
that "talk’and "understand".
On phonology we demonstrate how sounds form [4] ______. Because [4] ______
of this, written forms of language are very late in the history of human language.
Then we discuss other [5] ______ aspects of language how words [5] ______
are formed; what words, phrases, and sentences mean; and how words are
put together to form sentences. Morphology, semantics, syntax are very im-
sortant in our discussion and take an important role.
In "Social Aspects of Language, "we consider language in [6] ______ [6] ______
md how languages change over time. In "The [7] ______. Aspects of Lan- [7] ______
guage, "we talk about child language, animal communication systems and [8] ______
9rain [8] ______ underlying language knowledge and use.
Also, the [9] ______ languages of the deaf are discussed in greater [9] ______
detail. The newest findings on whether chimpanzees and gorillas can learn
language are presented. In every lesson the [10] ______ underlying the [10] ______
diersity of phenomena observed in human language are highlighted.