Eavesdropping - An Intimate History

Zusatztext Compelling. Informationen zum Autor John L. Locke is Professor of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York. His books include Phonological Acquisition and Change (Academic Press 1983), with Michael D. Smith, The Emergent Lexicon: The Child's Development of a Linguistic Vocabulary (Academic Press, 1988), and The Child's Path to Spoken Language (Harvard University Press, 1993). Klappentext Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences across history and cultures. Zusammenfassung Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences across history and cultures.

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• Authors: John L. Locke, John L. (Professor of Speech-Language-Heari Locke, John L. (Professor of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Locke, Locke John L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780199236138
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923613-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Anthropologie, Kommunikationswissenschaft, Psycholinguistik und Kognitive Linguistik, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociolinguistics, Communication Studies, Psycholinguistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics