共 ＊ 結合近期大腦與語言的研究，擴充有關語言障礙的篇幅。
＊ 新增練習，附加網頁連結到和語言學相關的音檔及網上資源，較前版本內容更多。
13/e 修訂部分簡介: (與 12/e 詳細差異，請參考附件: Preface to the Thirteenth Edition)
＊ 新版主要修訂的部分包括對構詞學中的同位異形 (allomorphy) 更深入討論，並增加了模板構詞、超音段構詞和構詞音位變換等部分，讓學生能更全面地認識所有構詞現象。
＊ 新增語言與電腦，介紹深度學習、人工神經網路和計算語言學等相關領域，讓讀者了解這些快速發展領域中的最新研究和應用。
＊ 附語言學小詞典及最新 IPA 符號表；練習和建議閱讀清單全面更新。
Language Files Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13/e has become one of the most widely adopted, consulted, and authoritative introductory textbooks to linguistics ever written. The scope of the text makes it suitable for use in a wide range of courses, while its unique organization into student-friendly, self-contained sections allows for tremendous flexibility in course design.
New in the 13th edition:
The thirteenth edition has been revised, clarified, and updated throughout to ensure that it remains the most comprehensive and accessible introductory linguistics textbook on the market. The revised chapter on morphology includes a more thorough discussion of allomorphy and adds sections on templatic morphology, suprasegmental morphology, and morphological metathesis to give students a more complete picture of all morphological phenomena. The chapter on language and computers has been updated with new sections on deep learning, artificial neural networks, and on other areas of computational linguistics, providing readers with a better sense of current research and applications in this rapidly developing field. Other additions include new sections on syntactic non-constituents and non-generative rule systems in the syntax chapter and a complete rewrite to the creole languages file in the language contact chapter. We have also adopted the use of the singular they when referring to a generic person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. Exercises and lists of other readings have been updated throughout.
