Ferguson, Charles Albert, 1921-  Ferguson, Charles Albert, 1921- <br/><br/>
Language structure and language use :  essays / 
by Charles A. Ferguson ; selected and introduced by Anwar S. Dil. 
 - Stanford, CA :  Stanford University Press,  1971. 
 - Language science and national development .
<br/><br/> "The eighteen articles selected for this volume cover the period from 1959 to 1970." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies. 
<br/><br/>Diglossia -- Linguistic diversity in South Asia -- The language factor in national development -- Background to second language problems -- Problems of teaching languages with diglossia -- Assumptions about nasals : a sample study in phonological universals -- Linguistic theory and language learning -- Baby talk in six languages -- Applied linguistics -- On sociolinguistically oriented language surveys -- National sociolinguistic profile formulas -- Sentence deviance in linguistics and language teaching -- St. Stefan of Perm and applied linguistics -- Language development -- Contrastive analysis and language development -- Contrasting patterns of literacy acquisition in a multilingual nation -- Absence of copula and the notion of simplicity : a study of normal speech, baby talk, foreigner talk, and pidgins -- A role of Arabic in Ethiopia : a sociolinguistic perspective -- Bibliography of Charles A. Ferguson's works, compiled by A.S. Dil (p. [313]-327) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0804707804   
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>79150322 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P27  / .F4 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>410