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Essentials of Linguistics 2e
Catherine Anderson, Bronwyn Bjorkman, Derek Denis, Julianne Doner, Margaret Grant, Nathan Sanders, and Ai Taniguchi · McMaster University
In the contents: 1.07: Exercise your linguistics skills · 1.08: Three waves of sociolinguistics · 2.08: Exercise your linguistics skills

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Corpus Linguistics: A Guide to the Methodology
Anatol Stefanowitsch · Freie Universität Berlin
In the contents: 1.4 Corpus data in other sub-disciplines of linguistics · 02: What is corpus linguistics · 2.02: Towards a definition of corpus linguistics

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Essentials of Linguistics
Catherine Anderson · McMaster University
In the contents: 1.01: Linguistics is Science · 04: Psycholinguistics of Learning Sounds · 7.07: Neurolinguistics- Syntactic Category Differences in the Brain

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ENGL LING 200 Introduction to Linguistics
Sarah Harmon · Cañada College
In the contents: 1.01: What is linguistics · 07: Language and Society- Sociolinguistics · 01: Sociolinguistics definitions

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Essentials of Linguistics Remix 2.0
Sarah Harmon · Cañada College
In the contents: 01: What Is Linguistics What Is Language · 1.01: Linguistics as a social science · 1.03: Linguistics is a science

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Anthropology: Being Human
Susan Ruth · Central New Mexico Community College
This introductory textbook in anthropology is designed to give you an understanding of the diversity of the human experience. Students will become familiar with the four subfields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and biological anthropology. We will discuss the diversity of world cultures, the human fossil record, the human past, and the development and use of language.

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Psychology of Language
Dinesh Ramoo · Thompson Rivers University
In the contents: 1.03: Research Methods in Psycholinguistics

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Anthropology: The Study of Humans
Jeffrey McCully · Moraine Valley Community College
In the contents: 08: Introduction to Linguistics · 11: Historical Linguistics

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How Language Works
Michael Gasser · Indiana University
Linguistics is the science of language; it treats language and the ways people use it as phenomena to be studied much as a geologist treats the earth. Linguists want to figure out how language works. They are no more in the business of making value judgments about people's language than geologists are in the business of making value judgments about the behavior of the earth.

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Empowering Learners of Spanish
LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.01: Introductory Lesson- An overview of sociolinguistics

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Analyzing Meaning - An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
Paul Kroeger · Dallas International University
This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect.

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International Advances in Writing Research - Cultures, Places, Measures
Bazerman et al. · LibreTexts
In the contents: 6.07: The Evaluation of Conference Paper Proposals in Linguistics

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Introduction to Anthropology: A Four Field Approach
Matthew Pawlowicz, Christopher A Brooks, Nancy Phaup, and Amy Rector · Virginia Commonwealth University
In the contents: 4.03: Sociolinguistics- Language and Social Status

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Child Growth & Development Remix 2026
Kim Martin · Copper Mountain College
In the contents: 11.08: Introduction to Linguistics

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Language in Action: An Open Invitation to Linguistic Anthropology (remixed by Debbie Klein)
Debbie Klein · Gavilan College
In the contents: 2.08: Exercise your linguistics skills · 4.11: Exercise your linguistics skills · 6.01: What is variationist sociolinguistics

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Child Developmental Psychology - Topical Approach
Bakhtawar Bhadha · Pasadena City College
In the contents: 12.01: Linguistics

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Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Wikibooks · Wikipedia
In the contents: 9.02: Historical Review on Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics

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Child Growth and Develpment (MPTC Version)
Paris, Ricardo, Rymond, and Johnson · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 7.08: Introduction to Linguistics

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Cognitive Psychology
Mehgan Andrade and Neil Walker · College of the Canyons
Ultimately Cognitive psychology is the scientific investigation of human cognition, that is, all our mental abilities – perceiving, learning, remembering, thinking, reasoning, and understanding. It is closely related to the highly interdisciplinary cognitive science and influenced by artificial intelligence, computer science, philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, biology, physics, and neuroscience. Cognitive psychology studies how people acquire and apply knowledge or information.

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PSYC 2030 Child Psychology
Michelle Slattery · North Central State College
In the contents: 12.01: Linguistics