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How Language Works
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How Language Works
Features a survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. This work also talks 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.
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"The man is a national treasure" - John Humphrys
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 shows not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be.
How Language Works takes the reader on an engaging journey through the intricate and often surprising aspects of linguistics, making it an essential read for anyone curious about the fundamental nature of human communication.
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ISBN: 9780141015521
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 March 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Illustration: Yes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 355g
Pages: 512
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About the Author
David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has published over ninety books, most recently The Stories of English, and is the editor of The Penguin Encyclopaedia. In 1995, he was awarded the OBE for services to the English language. He lives in Holyhead, Anglesey.
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