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

Aitchison, Jean

 
9780521574754: The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521574757 ISBN 13 : 9780521574754
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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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.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521574757
ISBN 13 
9780521574754
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
156
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780521573856: The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures

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ISBN 10 :  0521573858 ISBN 13 :  9780521573856
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996
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