Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language - Brossura

Napoli, Donna Jo

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ISBN 10: 0195160487 ISBN 13: 9780195160482

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2003

Riassunto

Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguist Donna Jo Napoli points out in this short and highly entertaining volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes.L Napoli provides an entertaining tour through the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, she encourages and leads the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both her questions and her conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining. This volume is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.L

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Informazioni sull?autore

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College, author ofLinguistics and Syntax (both published by Oxford University Press), and a well known author of children's books. Her website is www.donnajonapoli.com.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0195160487
• ISBN 13: 9780195160482
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile