Language, Bananas and Bonobos

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 noi 2001

How can people who are both blind and deaf communicate? What makes Woody Allen funny? Is it normal to hear colors and see sounds? If questions like these have puzzled you, this book of essays on the nature of language will quench your curiosity.

Language pervades every aspect of life. It is essential to everyone everywhere - from politicians to poets, philosophers to pharmacists - yet linguistics is often forbidding. This collection of short, accessible essays changes that. Language, Bananas, and Bonobos presents a series of engaging reflections on concerns such as our knowledge and use of language, political correctness, and the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees. In doing so, the volume provides new insights into this subject of universal interest.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631228721
ISBN-10: 0631228721
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 143 x 214 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

professional linguists and anyone with an interest in language and linguistics

Notă biografică

Mariëlle S. Smith es escritora, coach de redacción, y editora. Vive en Chipre, desde donde organiza retiros privados para escritores, encuentra inspiración en cada rincón, y alimenta más gatos callejeros de los que puede contar.

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This collection of humorous and accessible essays presents a series of engaging reflections on linguistic concerns, including: how people who are deaf and blind can communicate; what makes Woody Allen funny; the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees; and political correctness.

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