Part One Language and Linguistics Language Defined,Edward Sapir Language:An Introduction,W.F.Bolton The Origin of Language,Dwight Bolinger The Indo-European Language Family,James D.Gordon A Brief History of English,Paul Roberts What Is Linguistics?Winfred P.LEHMANN The Object of Linguistics,F(xiàn)erdinand de Saussure Nature of the Linguistic Sign,F(xiàn)erdinand de Saussure Some Basic Concepts in Linguistics,J.P.B.Allen Comparative and Historical Linguistics,Jeanne A.Herndon Part Two Phonetics and Phonology Phonology,G.H.CLEMENTS Phonology,Roberb E.Callary Part Three Morphology and Syntax Lexicon,Jane Grimshaw Morphology and Some Morphological Processes,Ohio State University Language Files Word-Making:Some Sources of New Words,W.Nelson Francis The Grammars of English,Madelon E.Heatherington Form and Meaning in Natural Languages,Noam Chomsky Syntax,Edwin Williams The New Comparative Syntax,Liliane Haegeman and Jacqueline Gueron An Overview of Functional Grammar,Geoff Thompson Part Four Semantics,Pragmatics,Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics Part Five Psycholinguistics and Language Development Sources of Selevtions Refernces