TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniels,Patsy J.
TI  - The Power of the Word: The Sacred and the Profane
SN  - 9781443879903
AV  - P325 
U1  - 412 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Semantics
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Word (Linguistics) -- Philosophy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
N2  - This book brings together twelve authors who look at the concept of the "word" from several different perspectives, inspiring in the reader a sense of wonder - to think of the lowly word, which we toss away in yesterday’s newspaper, which we ignore on street signs, which we utter without giving a thought to the consequences of the power carried by the word. Moving from a psycholinguist explanation of the acquisition of language, the volume presents the function of the word in "bad" jokes, in
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