Language : the big picture / Peter Sharpe.
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TextPublication details: London : Continuum International Pub Group, 2009.Description: xiv, 254 p; 22 cmContent type: - Text
- Unmediated
- Volume
- 978-0-8264-9815-1
- 420 Sh23l
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| 418.0071904 C83c CLIL : content and language integrated learning / | 418.0078 T59 Developing materials for language teaching / | 418.00785 G27l Language and learning in the digital age / | 420 Sh23l Language : the big picture / | 420.9 C73h A companion to the history of the English language. | 421.1 C35 Chambers perfect punctuation. | 421.2 Eh88s Schaums's outlines english grammar / |
Includes bibliography and index
English
What are the origins of language? -- Is language exclusive to humans? -- Why do languages change? -- How does language vary across cultures? -- Where does Noam Chomsky fit into linguistics? -- How scientific can linguistic theory be? -- What makes semantics difficult? -- From whence the power of symbols? -- How is language represented in the mind?
Language is an essential part of our everyday lives. This book presents an introduction into the inner workings of language, and illustrates its use, variation and methodology. It examines the origins of language, how language produces meaning, the variation of language across cultures, and how language is used in society.
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