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A witty and insightful look at the human propensity for verbal blunders examines the nature of such verbal errors as slips, bloopers, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and more and assesses what these blunders mean in terms of the human brain, the use of language, and ourselves. 15,000 first printing.
Informazioni sull'autore: Michael Erard, a graduate of Williams College, received an M.A. in linguistics and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas. His articles about language have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Wired, Technology Review, and many other publications. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Titolo: Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal ...
Casa editrice: Pantheon
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good