How Language Works - How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: David Crystal
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.03.2007
• EAN: 9780141015521
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101552-1
• No. of pages: 497
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language