i-iv -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- Introduction: what this book is about and how it can be used -- Chapter 1. The sounds: phonetics -- Chapter 2. The sound system: phonology -- Chapter 3. The structure of words: morphology -- Chapter 4. The structure of sentences: syntax -- Chapter 5. The meaning of words and sentences: semantics -- Chapter 6. Studying language in use: Pragmatics -- Chapter 7. Extensions and applications: historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics -- Glossary -- References -- Subject index