Introduction
1. Describing language
2. A toolkit for language analysis
3. Analysing texts and discourses
4. Language change
5. Language acquisition and development
6. Language variation
7. Language in use
Glossary
References
Index.
An introduction to the nature and functions of language by Howard Jackson. ISBN 9781441121516. Published by Continuum in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.