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Language Matters de Laurie Bauer

Language Matters

Autor Laurie Bauer, Janet Holmes, Paul Warren
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 apr 2006
This book provides a non-technical introduction to the study of language by focusing on questions such as:
- Where does language come from?
- Why don't we all talk the same?
- Who needs grammar?

Suitable for students with no experience of linguistics, this lively introduction to language approaches will encourage students to think.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781403936288
ISBN-10: 1403936285
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:2006
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Red Globe Press
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction
PART 1: THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE Where Does Language Come From?
Why Don't We All Talk the Same?
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Linguistic Relations
Bee Talk and Monkey Chatter
PART 2: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES How Do You Spell Accommodation?
How Many Words Do The Eskimos Use?
Going On and On: The Never-ending Story
Primitive Languages?
Who Needs Grammar?
Mobile Messages
PART 3: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY How Do We Lose Languages and Does It Matter?
What Shall I Call You?
Do Women and Men Speak Differently?
Sexist Language and Linguist Sexism
What Language Do You Use to Your Grandmother?
Why Can't People in Birmingham Talk Right?
PART 4: LANGUAGE, BRAIN AND MIND Why My Feets Hurted?
Does Bilingualism Rot the Brain?
Building Another Tongue
You've Tasted the Whole Worm
Is Language a Strait Jacket?
When Language Breaks Down
PART 5: CONCLUSION Who Cares About Language?
Index.