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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London] Softcover 'Wonderful. David Shariatmadari wears his deep learning with such an admirable and alluring lightness of touch . . . You finish the book more alive than ever to the enduring mystery and miracle of that thing that makes us most human' STEPHEN FRY Everyone likes to think they know a bit about language: There's a term in Portuguese you simply can't translate The origin of a word tells you how it should be used Standards of grammar have taken a nosedive recently The real meaning of 'disinterested' is 'unbiased' Computers will soon be able to speak like human beings A dialect is inferior to a language The problem is, none of these statements is true. Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. Linguists can now explain how and why language changes, describe its structures, and map its activity in the brain. But most of us know as much about language today as we did about physics before Galileo, and the little we know is still largely based on folklore, instinct or hearsay. In DON'T BELIEVE A WORD linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our prejudices in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely-held myths about language while introducing us to some ...
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London] Softcover 'Wonderful. David Shariatmadari wears his deep learning with such an admirable and alluring lightness of touch . . . You finish the book more alive than ever to the enduring mystery and miracle of that thing that makes us most human' STEPHEN FRY Everyone likes to think they know a bit about language: There's a term in Portuguese you simply can't translate The origin of a word tells you how it should be used Standards of grammar have taken a nosedive recently The real meaning of 'disinterested' is 'unbiased' Computers will soon be able to speak like human beings A dialect is inferior to a language The problem is, none of these statements is true. Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. Linguists can now explain how and why language changes, describe its structures, and map its activity in the brain. But most of us know as much about language today as we did about physics before Galileo, and the little we know is still largely based on folklore, instinct or hearsay. In DON'T BELIEVE A WORD linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our prejudices in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely-held myths about language while introducing us to some ...
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Weidenfeld] Hardcover Starting with the idea that language is going to the dogs, the linguist David Shariatmadari explores nine common claims, in each case delving deep into the topic and cutting through 'the fallacies and folklore that cloud our understanding'. Among the other concepts challenged are the idea that a word's origin is its true meaning, the theory that language is an instinct, and the 'untranslatable word'. [Newton Abbot, DEVON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Orion Publishing Co] Hardcover Über den AutorrnrnDavid Shariatmadari is a writer and editor at the Guardian. He studied Linguistics at Cambridge University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he now lives.Klappentextrn. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON Aug 2019] Hardcover Neuware - Nine common myths surrounding language as a phenomenon are skewered in this book combining the wit and lightness of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' with the wisdom and insight of 'The Language Insight'. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 1474608434, ISBN13: 9781474608435, [publisher: Orion Publishing Co] Hardcover Über den AutorrnrnDavid Shariatmadari is a writer and editor at the Guardian. He studied Linguistics at Cambridge University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he now lives.Klappentextrn. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2019]
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