How Language Works How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die

Name: How Language Works How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
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ISBN: 9781583332917

ISBN-10: 158333291X

ISBN-13: 9781583332917

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Crystal

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In the authors own words, How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sexor, indeed, anything at all. Language is so fundamental to everyday life that we take it for granted. But as David Crystal makes clear in this work of unprecedented scope, language is an extremely powerful tool that defines the human species. Crystal offers general readers a personal tour of the intricate workings of language. He moves effortlessly from big subjects like the origins of languages, how children learn to speak, and how conversation works to subtle but revealing points such as how email differs from both speech and writing in important ways,…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.97" wide x 9.02" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English