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Language matters / Laurie Bauer, Janet Holmes, and Paul Warren.
Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.Description: xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- microform
- microfiche
- 9781403936288
- 1403936285
- P107 .B38 2006
Contents:
Summary: "This book provides a lively introduction to the study of language for students without prior experience in linguistics. It addresses the core areas of language study answering questions such as: Where does language come from?; Why don't we all talk the same?; Who needs grammar? This is an excellent textbook for basic introductory courses and for students who are non-majors. It will be accessible and enjoyable for a variety of students."--Publisher website.
1. Where does language come from? -- 2. Why don't we all talk the same? -- 3. Things ain't what they used to be -- 4. Linguistic relations -- 5. Bee talk and monkey chatter -- 6. How do you spell Accommodation? -- 7. How many words do the Eskimos use? -- 8. Going on and on : the never-ending story -- 9. Primitive languages -- 10. Who needs grammar? -- 11. Mobile messages -- 12. How do we lose languages and does it matter? -- 13. What shall I call you? -- 14. Do women and men speak differently? -- 15. Sexist language and linguistic sexism -- 16. What language do you use to your grandmother? -- 17. Why can't people in Birmingham talk right? -- 18. Why my feets hurted? -- 19. Does bilingualism rot the brain? -- 20. Building another tongue -- 21. You've tasted the whole worm -- 22. Is language a strait-jacket? -- 23. When language breaks down -- Conclusion : who cares about language?
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | P 107 .B38 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5193541 |
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| P 106 .L235 2003 Metaphors we live by / | P 106 .L31634 1998 Language and thought : interdisciplinary themes / | P 107 .B37 2008 Always on : language in an online and mobile world / | P 107 .B38 2006 Language matters / | P 107 .C77 2007 How language works : how babies babble, words change meaning, and languages live or die / | P 107 .F76 2017 An introduction to language / | P 107 .P548 2008 The stuff of thought : language as a window into human nature / |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Where does language come from? -- 2. Why don't we all talk the same? -- 3. Things ain't what they used to be -- 4. Linguistic relations -- 5. Bee talk and monkey chatter -- 6. How do you spell Accommodation? -- 7. How many words do the Eskimos use? -- 8. Going on and on : the never-ending story -- 9. Primitive languages -- 10. Who needs grammar? -- 11. Mobile messages -- 12. How do we lose languages and does it matter? -- 13. What shall I call you? -- 14. Do women and men speak differently? -- 15. Sexist language and linguistic sexism -- 16. What language do you use to your grandmother? -- 17. Why can't people in Birmingham talk right? -- 18. Why my feets hurted? -- 19. Does bilingualism rot the brain? -- 20. Building another tongue -- 21. You've tasted the whole worm -- 22. Is language a strait-jacket? -- 23. When language breaks down -- Conclusion : who cares about language?
"This book provides a lively introduction to the study of language for students without prior experience in linguistics. It addresses the core areas of language study answering questions such as: Where does language come from?; Why don't we all talk the same?; Who needs grammar? This is an excellent textbook for basic introductory courses and for students who are non-majors. It will be accessible and enjoyable for a variety of students."--Publisher website.
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