How Language Works

2007-03-29 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : David Crystal
Release : 2007-03-29
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 735/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis How Language Works by : David Crystal

Download or read book How Language Works written by David Crystal. This book was released on 2007-03-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we’re from and even who we want to be.

How Language Works

2005 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : David Crystal
Release : 2005
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis How Language Works by : David Crystal

Download or read book How Language Works written by David Crystal. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranges from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communication in an accessible, entertaining way, this book sheds light on the endless mysteries we speak, write and read every day.

How Languages Work

2014-01-23 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Carol Genetti
Release : 2014-01-23
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 570/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis How Languages Work by : Carol Genetti

Download or read book How Languages Work written by Carol Genetti. This book was released on 2014-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and exciting introduction to linguistics, this textbook presents language in all its amazing complexity, while guiding students gently through the basics. Students emerge with an appreciation of the diversity of the world's languages, as well as a deeper understanding of the structure of human language, the ways it is used, and its broader social and cultural context. Chapters introducing the nuts and bolts of language study (phonology, syntax, meaning) are combined with those on the 'functions' of language (discourse, prosody, pragmatics, and language contact), helping students gain a better grasp of how language works in the real world. A rich set of language 'profiles' help students explore the world's linguistic diversity, identify similarities and differences between languages, and encourages them to apply concepts from earlier chapter material. A range of carefully designed pedagogical features encourage student engagement, adopting a step-by-step approach and using study questions and case studies.

The Language Instinct

2010-12-14 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Steven Pinker
Release : 2010-12-14
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 526/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis The Language Instinct by : Steven Pinker

Download or read book The Language Instinct written by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2010-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

I Saw the Dog

2021-04-08 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Alexandra Aikhenvald
Release : 2021-04-08
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 218/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK

Book Synopsis I Saw the Dog by : Alexandra Aikhenvald

Download or read book I Saw the Dog written by Alexandra Aikhenvald. This book was released on 2021-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a world that isn't split into un and une, male and female, while Estonians have only one word for both men and women: tema. In Dyirbal, an Australian language, things might be masculine, feminine, neuter - or edible vegetable. Every language tells us something about the people who use it. In I Saw the Dog, linguist Alexandra Aikhenvald takes us from the remote swamplands of Papua New Guinea to the university campuses of North America to illuminate the vital importance of names, the value of being able to say exactly what you mean, what language can tell us about what it means to be human - and what we lose when they disappear forever.

Popular eBooks

How Language Works

How Language Works

How Languages Work

The Language Instinct

I Saw the Dog

You may also like...