Introduction Linguistics has both practical and philosophical motivations. So both,the first and second editions of this text were directed toward students of [1] _______.many [1]________. This third edition continues and further develops this approach. We have aimed to dispel a number of myths about language and todiscuss the various aspects of language from both an [2]_____and cur- [2] _______.rent point of view. Part one is “The Nature of Human Language. “Then wediscuss speech sounds or [3]_______and includes a passage on machines [3] _______.that “talk” and “understand”. On phonology we demonstrate how sounds form [4]______. Because [4] _______.of this, written forms of language are very late in the history of human lan-guage. Then we discuss other [5] _______ aspects of language how words [5] _______.are formed; what words, phrases, and sentences mean; and how words areput together to form’ sentences. Morphology, semantics, syntax are very im-portant in our discussion and take an important role. In “Social Aspects of Language, “we consider language in [6] ______ [6] _______.and how languages change over time. In “The [7] _________ Aspects of Lan- [7] _______.guage, “we talk about child language, animal communication systems and [8] _______.brain [8] _________ underlying language knowledge and use. Also, the [9] ________ languages of the deaf are discussed in greater [9] _______.detail. The newest findings on whether chimpanzees and gorillas can learnlanguage are presented. In every lesson the [10] underlying the di- [l0] _______.versity of phenomena observed in human language are highlighted.