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Genre/Form: | Einführung Aufsatzsammlung |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald K S Macaulay |
ISBN: | 9780195187960 0195187962 9780199908417 0199908419 |
OCLC Number: | 60550603 |
Description: | xii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Give a dog a name -- Learning one's first language -- The act of communicating -- Prosodic features -- Learning about words and their structure -- Discovering the structure of language: syntax -- More syntax -- Still more syntax -- Semantics -- Pragmatically speaking -- Theories of language development -- Variety -- Regional dialects -- Social class -- Written language -- Register -- Style -- Sex differences -- The magic of words -- Rhetoric -- Conversation -- Narratives -- Learning a second language -- The evolution of language -- Language change -- The history of English -- Indo-European -- Languages of the world -- Language and thought -- Pronouns -- Gender -- Pidgins and creoles -- Literature -- Children's lore and language -- Envoi: confessio amantis. |
Series Title: | Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central. |
Responsibility: | Ronald Macaulay. |
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Abstract:
Taking the readers on a tour through the world of languages, this book uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to a range of contemporary linguistic knowledge. It covers topics, such as language acquisition, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialects, conversation, narrative, swearing, and many others.
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...[an] accessible, entertaining and highly intelligent book...[i]t is theoretically entirely serious, but it is readable with profit and enjoyment by practically everyone * Forum For Modern Language Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1 * Read more...

