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The Crucible of Language - Couverture souple

Evans, Vyvyan

 
9781107561038: The Crucible of Language
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1107561035 ISBN 13 : 9781107561038
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

From the barbed, childish taunt on the school playground, to the eloquent sophistry of a lawyer prising open a legal loophole in a court of law, meaning arises each time we use language to communicate with one another. How we use language - to convey ideas, make requests, ask a favour, and express anger, love or dismay - is of the utmost importance; indeed, linguistic meaning can be a matter of life and death. In The Crucible of Language, Vyvyan Evans explains what we know, and what we do, when we communicate using language; he shows how linguistic meaning arises, where it comes from, and the way language enables us to convey the meanings that can move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight. Meaning is, he argues, one of the final frontiers in the mapping of the human mind.

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À propos de l'auteur

Vyvyan Evans is Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University, where he has served as Head of the School of Linguistics and English Language, and Deputy Head of the College of Arts and Humanities.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107561035
ISBN 13 
9781107561038
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
378
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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