Yule,George. <br/><br/>
The study of Language./ 
George Yule. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - NewYork:  Cambridge,  1996. 
 - 294p;  ills.  21cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes biographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521633925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Languages and Linguistics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P106.Y85