Part �� Language
Chapter 1 Importance of Language
1��1 Importance of Language
1��2 Functions of Language
Exercises
Chapter 2 Definition of Language and Its Classifications
2��1 Definition of Language
2��2 Classifications of Language
Exercises
Chapter 3 Properties of Language
3��1 Arbitrariness of Language
3��2 Duality of Language
3��3 Creativity of Language
3��4 Displacement of Language
Exercises

Part �� Linguistics
Chapter 4 A Brief Introduction to Linguistics
4��1 Definition of Linguistics
4��2 A Brief History of Linguistics
Exercises
Chapter 5 Micro-Iinguistics and Macro-Iinguistics
5��1 Micro-Iinguistics and Its Main Branches
5��2 Macrolinguistics and Its Main Branches
Exercises
Chapter 6 Schools of Linguistics
6��1 Ancient Indian Grammarians
6��2 Analogists and Anomalists
6��3 Speculative Grammarians ��Modistae��
6��4 Port Royal Grammarians
6��5 Historical Linguistics and Comparative Philology
6��6 Structuralism
6��7 Transformational-Generative Grammar
Exercises

Part �� Pragmatics
Chapter 7 A GeneraI View of Pragmatics
7��1 Wastebasket of Pragmatics
7��2 Context in Pragmatics
7��3 History and Definition of Pragmatics
7��4 Why the Necessity of Pragmatics Study?
Exercises
Chapter 8 Some Important Terms in Pragmatics
8��1 Proposition�� Truth Conditions and Propositional Logic
8��2 Deixis and Reference
8��3 Anaphora�� Cataphora and Principle of Economy
8��4 Presupposition
8��5 Inference
8��6 Salient Meaning
Exercises
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Part �� Language Tipe
Bibliography
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