8 Pragmatics
8.1 Identifying the Message
8.2 Communication Breakdown
8.3 Literal f Nonliteral Use
8.4 Indirectness
8.5 "Unclear Reference" of Pronouns: English
8.6 Performative Verbs versus Perlocutionary Verbs
8.7 Proverbs
8.8 Pronoun/ Antecedent Agreement: English
8.9 Major Moods 1: Finnish
8.10 Major Moods 2: Copala Trique
8.1 1 Major Moods 3: Mandarin Chinese
8.12 Pragmatics: Navajo
9 Psychology of Language
9.1 Speech Errors
Appendixes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
How to State Phonological Rules
The Role of Distinctive Features in Phonological Rules
Transcription Key
Chart of Distinctive Features
Some Phrase Structure Rules for English
The Message Model of Linguistic Communication
Major Moods
Index of Languages
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