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How Language Works

Paperback • 2007 • English

How Language Works

By David Crystal

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About the book

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.

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics

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9780141015521

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

How Language Works

Format

Paperback

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