Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics

Key differences between 12th and 11th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 5 years (2016 vs 2011).
• File 1.3 elucidates the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammars.
• File 3.1 explains the roles of phonetic inventory and phonotactic constraints in foreign accents.
• File 3.2 describes notions of predictability, distributions of sounds, and the difference between allophone and phoneme.
• File 5.3 present fresh pro-form substitution test.
• File 6.2 covers types of antonyms.
• File 7.2 outlines the the role of conversational maxims, difference between flouting and violating maxims.
• File 9.1 presents detailed illustration of the brain areas involved in language processing.
• File 9.2 includes material on Williams syndrome and specific language impairment.
• File 9.3 describes factors that influence speech and use of speech errors in psycholinguistics.
• New File 9.5 on lexical access provides up-to-date information on artificial neural network models.
• File 10.3 highlights features of the Mid-Atlantic dialect.