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Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask - Hardcover

Jones, Paul Anthony

 
9781783966646: Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1783966645 ISBN 13: 9781783966646
Verlag: Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2022

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Admittedly, that’ s probably a question that might never have occurred to you. But if you’ re even remotely interested in the origins and oddities of language, it’ s likely also a question you’ re now intrigued to know the answer to. Nor is it the only question: take a moment to think about how our language operates and even more spring mind. Why do these letters look the way they do? Why are some uppercase and others lowercase? Why are these words in this order? How are you understanding what these seemingly arbitrary shapes and symbols mean, while doubtless hearing them read to you in a voice inside your head? And what is this question mark really doing at this end of this sentence?Books explaining the origins of our most intriguing words and phrases have long proved popular, but they often overlook the true nuts and bolts of language: the origins of our alphabet and writing system; grammatical rules and conventions; the sound structure of language; and even how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself. Why Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of linguistic questions you’ ve likely never thought to ask.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Anthony Jones is something of a linguistic phenomenon. He runs the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter feed, blog and YouTube channel, revealing daily word facts to 90,000 engaged followers. His books include: The Cabinet of Calm, Word Drops, The Accidental Dictionary, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, Around the World in 80 Words, as well as several other books on trivia and language. He appears regularly in the media and has contributed to the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Verlag
Elliott & Thompson Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1783966645
ISBN 13 
9781783966646
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
320
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