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Questions About Language

Laurie Bauer, Andreea S. Calude
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      Questions About Language sets out to answer, in a readable yet insightful format, a series of vital questions about language, some of which language specialists are regularly asked, and some of which are so surprising that only the specialists think about them.In this handy guide, sixteen language experts answer challenging questions about language, from What makes a language a language? to Do people swear because they don’t know enough words? Illustrating the complexity of human language, and the way in which we use it, the twelve chapters each end with a section on further reading for anyone interested in following up on the topic.Covering core questions about language, this is essential reading for both students new to language and linguistics and the interested general reader.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Laurie Bauer, Andreea S. Calude EAN: 9780367175016 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 660 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-06-04 CITY: GENRE: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Language: history and general works, Linguistics, Language teaching theory and methods

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      Laurie Bauer FRSNZ is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of over twenty books including The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology (2013), which won the LSA’s Leonard Bloomfield Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Humanities Medal.Andreea S. Calude is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has a background in mathematics and linguistics and researches (spoken) grammar, language evolution, loanwords and just about any quantitative language-related question she can get data on. She has authored the TED ED Lesson “Does Grammar Matter?”.
      Questions About Language sets out to answer, in a readable yet insightful format, a series of vital questions about language, some of which language specialists are regularly asked, and some of which are so surprising that only the specialists think about them.In this handy guide, sixteen language experts answer challenging questions about language, from What makes a language a language? to Do people swear because they don’t know enough words? Illustrating the complexity of human language, and the way in which we use it, the twelve chapters each end with a section on further reading for anyone interested in following up on the topic.Covering core questions about language, this is essential reading for both students new to language and linguistics and the interested general reader.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Laurie Bauer, Andreea S. Calude EAN: 9780367175016 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 660 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-06-04 CITY: GENRE: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Language: history and general works, Linguistics, Language teaching theory and methods

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      Laurie Bauer FRSNZ is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of over twenty books including The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology (2013), which won the LSA’s Leonard Bloomfield Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Humanities Medal.Andreea S. Calude is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has a background in mathematics and linguistics and researches (spoken) grammar, language evolution, loanwords and just about any quantitative language-related question she can get data on. She has authored the TED ED Lesson “Does Grammar Matter?”.

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