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Table of Contents of An Introduction to Language

• Part 1 Nature of Human Languages
• 0. Brain and language
• Part 2 Grammatical Aspects of Language
• 1. Morphology The words of language
• 2. Syntax The sentence patterns of language
• 3. Semantic The meanings of language
• 4. Phonetics The sounds of language
• 5. Phonology The sound patterns of language

9th edition, 2011.
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Table of Contents of An Introduction to Language

• Part 3 Biology Psychology of Language
• 6. What is language?
• 7. Language Acquisition
• 8. Language processing Humans and computers
• Part 4 Language and Society
• 9. Language in Society
• 10. Language Change The syllables of time
• 11. Writing The ABCs of language

9th edition, 2011.
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The House that Jack Built

• (Numbers indicate the number of embedded clauses)
  
• 1 This is the house
• that Jack built.
• 2 This is the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 3 This is the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.
• 4 This is the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 5 This is the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 6 This is the cow with the crumpled horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 7 This is the maiden all forlorn
• that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 8 This is the man all tattered and torn
• that kissed the maiden all forlorn
• that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 9 This is the priest all shaven and shorn
• that married the man all tattered and torn
• that kissed the maiden all forlorn
• that milked the cow with the crumpled
  horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 10 This is the cock that crowed in the morn
• that waked the priest all shaven and shorn
• that married the man all tattered and torn
• that kissed the maiden all forlorn
• that milked the cow with the crumpled
  horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.
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The House that Jack Built

• 11 This is the farmer sowing the corn
• that kept the cock that crowed in the morn
• that waked the priest all shaven and shorn
• that married the man all tattered and torn
• that kissed the maiden all forlorn
• that milked the cow with the
  crumpled horn
• that tossed the dog
• that worried the cat
• that killed the rat
• that ate the malt
• that lay in the house
• that Jack built.

The Real Mother Goose. (1994). New York
Scholastic Inc., pp. 69-70.