The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences

Part I. Introductory Essays: 1. Language structure in its human context: new directions for the language sciences in the twenty-first century William Croft 2. The psychology of linguistic form Lee Osterhout, Richard A. Wright and Mark D. Allen 3. The structure of meaning James Pustejovsky 4. Social practices of speech and writing Florian Coulmas 5. Explaining language: neuroscience, genetics and evolution Lyle Jenkins 6. Acquisition of language Barbara Lust 7. Elaborating speech and writing: verbal art Patrick Colm Hogan Part II. Entries.