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Words and Rules

the ingredients of language

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How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.

Publish Date
Publisher
Phoenix
Language
English
Pages
397

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Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English - 1st edition
Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: the ingredients of language
2000, Phoenix
Paperback in English
Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: Words and rules
Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Basic Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Words and rules
Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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Table of Contents

Preface
Page xi
1. The Infinite Library
Page 1
2. Dissection by Linguistics
Page 23
3. Broken Telephone
Page 52
4. In Single Combat
Page 92
5. Word Nerds
Page 134
6. Of Mice and Men
Page 164
7. Kids Say the Darnedest Things
Page 210
8. The Horrors of the German Language
Page 235
9. The Black Box
Page 268
10. A Digital Mind in an Analog World
Page 300
Glossary
Page 322
Notes
Page 332
References
Page 350
Index
Page 379

Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London, UK
Series
Science Masters
Copyright Date
1999

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
401.9
Library of Congress
BF455

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiii, 397 p. :
Number of pages
397

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22050768M
ISBN 10
0753810255
ISBN 13
9780753810255
Library Thing
46108
Goodreads
5753

Excerpts

Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is.
Page 1, added by Kevin R. Smith.

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