na INLIS000000000006811 20211130102731 0010-0721002070 211130 g 0 ind Issues In Linguistics Siahaan, Sanggam Yogyakarta : Graha Ilmu, 2008 232 hlm. ; 23 cm. 979-979-756-317-2 421 SIA i ISSUES IN LINGUISTICSThis book presents some linguistic issues concerning with the production and interpretation of langu age as the tool of human communication. The focus of this book is concentrated on the conceptual knowledge on the rules which govern the langu age andits implication in the field of language teaching. The discussion touches the rules from the more general point of linguistic view towards the more specific one. The objective of the discussion is to reveal out the accountability of an argumentation saying that the production and interpretation of language as a tool of communication is governed by a set of rules shared intuitively by the native speakers of a language. This book presents seventeen chapters. chapter one up to chapter six deals with the conceptual knowredge on the rules governing a language as a tool of human communication. Chapter seven to chapter eleven deals with the relationship of capacity of human brain to the ability of human in the production and interpretation a language. Chapter fwelve deals with langtage acquisition. This chapter presents a study case on how a child acquires a type of speech act in the process of language acquisition. Chapter thirteen to chapter fourteen presents the function of language in the social context. Chapter fifteen to seventeen deals with ideas for teaching language in the formal instructions. This book supposed to be used in linguistics and language teaching classes of the university level. However, practitioners are also suggested to use this book. It can be used as a reference. Since it is the first edition, the writer reali.zes that this book needs continuous revisions. Accordingly, critiques from the readers of thisbook arc always warmly welcomed. 421 Bahasa Inggris Tulisan Dan Fanologi 041481 041480