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Language, Frogs & Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics (Reading the Novel) - Softcover

Smith, Neil

 
9781405130387: Language, Frogs & Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics (Reading the Novel)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405130385 ISBN 13: 9781405130387
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

With topics ranging from language death to sign language, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics.


  • Written by one of the most senior figures in linguistics.
  • Features fascinating topics ranging from language death to sign language.
  • Includes an introduction to the current vision of linguistics most closely associated with Noam Chomsky.
  • Contains a glossary of all technical terms and interpretations.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Neil Smith is one of the most senior figures in British linguistics. He is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics at University College London, and has been Head of the Linguistics Section of the Department since 1972. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Twitter Machine (Blackwell, 1989), The Mind of a Savant (with Ianthi Tsimpli, Blackwell, 1995), Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals (1999, 2004) and Language, Bananas and Bonobos (Blackwell, 2002). He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1999 and an Honorary Member of the LSA in 2000.

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What does it mean to know a language? Is there a language gene? What do we lose when a language dies? Picking up where his previous book Language, Bananas and Bonobos left off, Neil Smith explores these questions and more in a collection of essays that will intrigue the linguist on holiday or the language lover in all of us. With topics ranging from sign language to the mispronunciations of two-year-olds, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a further glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics.

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What does it mean to know a language? Is there a language gene? What do we lose when a language dies? Picking up where his previous book Language, Bananas and Bonobos left off, Neil Smith explores these questions and more in a collection of essays that will intrigue the linguist on holiday or the language lover in all of us. With topics ranging from sign language to the mispronunciations of two-year-olds, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a further glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405130385
ISBN 13 
9781405130387
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
212
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