The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures - Couverture rigide

Aitchison, Jean

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521573858 ISBN 13 : 9780521573856

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, with illustrations, notes, and an afterword added which looks at the reception of the lectures.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how children acquire it, and how educated English speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she argues that people are right to be concerned about language, though not in the ways traditionally assumed. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an afterword which looks at the reception of the lectures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521573858
• ISBN 13: 9780521573856
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 153
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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