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

Crystal, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158333291X ISBN 13: 9781583332917

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2007

Synopsis

Rare book

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Review:

"An impeccably organized guide to language ... sure to become a standard reference."

"An invigorating plunge ... A crash course in linguistics, covering spoken, written, and sign language ... The book will prove, to language geeks, invaluable."

"[Crystal] succeeds again and again with clarity, wit, and enthusiasm .... Time and again a point is made and illustrated with a fact or anecdote that perfectly drives it home....It is marvelous ride."

[Crystal] succeeds again and again with clarity, wit, and enthusiasm. . . . Time and again a point is made and illustrated with a fact or anecdote that perfectly drives it home. . . . It is a marvelous ride.
"The New York Times"
An invigorating plunge . . . A crash course in linguistics, covering spoken, written, and sign language . . . The book will prove, to language geeks, invaluable.
"The San Diego Union-Tribune"
An impeccably organized guide to language . . . sure to become a standard reference.
"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

A a[Crystal] succeeds again and again with clarity, wit, and enthusiasm. . . . Time and again a point is made and illustrated with a fact or anecdote that perfectly drives it home. . . . It is a marvelous ride.a
a"The New York Times"
A aAn invigorating plunge . . . A crash course in linguistics, covering spoken, written, and sign language . . . The book will prove, to language geeks, invaluable.a
a"The San Diego Union-Tribune"
A aAn impeccably organized guide to language . . . sure to become a standard reference.a
a"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

? ?[Crystal] succeeds again and again with clarity, wit, and enthusiasm. . . . Time and again a point is made and illustrated with a fact or anecdote that perfectly drives it home. . . . It is a marvelous ride.?
?"The New York Times"

? ?An invigorating plunge . . . A crash course in linguistics, covering spoken, written, and sign language . . . The book will prove, to language geeks, invaluable.?
?"The San Diego Union-Tribune"

? ?An impeccably organized guide to language . . . sure to become a standard reference.?
?"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

About the Author:

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and the editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 158333291X
• ISBN 13: 9781583332917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512