How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

David Crystal

ISBN 10: 0140515380 / ISBN 13: 9780140515381

Published by Penguin,UK, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die
• Publisher: Penguin,UK
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140515380
• ISBN 13: 9780140515381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be.

About the Author

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and the editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia.