1.1 Topic 1 Facts and Fantasies About Language：The Ubiquity of Language 1.2 Topic 1 Facts and Fantasies About Language：Some Traditional Views of Language 1.3 Topic 1 Facts and Fantasies About Language：Some Misconceptions About Language 1.4 Topic 1 Facts and Fantasies About Language：Universal Characteristics of Language 1.5 Topic 1 Facts and Fantasies About Language：The Beginnings of Language 2.1 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：The Media of Language I 2.2 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：The Media of Language II 2.3 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：Speech Production I 2.4 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：Speech Production II 2.5 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：The Writing Systems in the World I 2.6 Topic 2 Physical Aspects of Language：The Writing Systems in the World II 3.1 Topic 3 Words of Language：Open and Closed Classes of Words 3.2 Topic 3 Words of Language：Morphology and Morphemes I 3.3 Topic 3 Words of Language：Morphology and Morphemes II 3.4 Topic 3 Words of Language：Word Formation I 3.5 Topic 3 Words of Language：Word formation II 4.1 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Semantic Properties 4.2 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Ambiguity 4.3 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Synonyms 4.4 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Antonyms 4.5 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Hyponymy 4.6 Topic 4 Meanings of Language：Semantic Anomaly 5.1 Topic 5 Sentence Patterns of Language：Grammatical vs. Ungrammatical 5.2 Topic 5 Sentence Patterns of Language：Sentence Structure 5.3 Topic 5 Sentence Patterns of Language：The Formation of Syntactic Rules 5.4 Topic 5 Sentence Patterns of Language：The Infinitude of Language 5.5 Topic 5 Sentence Patterns of Language：Ambiguity Revisited 6.1 Topic 6 Doing Things with Language：The Functions of Language 6.2 Topic 6 Doing Things with Language：Pragmatics-Studying Language in Use 6.3 Topic 6 Doing Things with Language：The Cooperative Principle 6.4 Topic 6 Doing Things with Language：Speech Act 7.1 Topic 7 Language in Society：Idiolect, Dialect and Language 7.2 Topic 7 Language in Society：Regional Dialect 7.3 Topic 7 Language in Society：Social Dialect 7.4 Topic 7 Language in Society：Language and Gender 7.5 Topic 7 Language in Society：Language and Identity 8.1 Topic 8 Child Language Acquisition：Sad Stories of Children Denied Exposure to Language 8.2 Topic 8 Child Language Acquisition：Caregiver Speech 8.3 Topic 8 Child Language Acquisition：Stages in Child Language Acquisition 8.4 Topic 8 Child Language Acquisition：Theories of Child Language Acquisition