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Part 1 Starting out: what is linguistics?; what is language?; the study of language; deciding where to begin. Part 2 The inner circles: sound patterns; words and pieces of words; sentence patterns; meaning. Part 3 The outer rings: using language; language and society; language and mind. Part 4 Changes and comparisons: language change; comparing languages. Part 5 Towards a universal grammar: seeking a suitable framework; trouble with transformations; the new-look grammar.