TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crystal,David
TI  - A Little Book of Language
T2  - Little Histories Series
SN  - 9780300158755
AV  - P112 -- .C74 2010eb 
U1  - 400 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Baby-talk -- From cries to words -- Learning how to understand -- Making vibrations -- Pronouncing sounds -- Discovering grammar -- Having a conversation -- Learning to read and write -- Getting to grips with spelling -- Spelling rules and variations -- Grammar rules and variations -- Accents and dialects -- Being bilingual -- The languages of the world -- The origins of speech -- The origins of writing -- Modern writing -- Sign language -- Comparing languages -- Dying languages -- Language change -- Language variation -- Language at work -- Slang -- Dictionaries -- Etymology -- Place names -- Personal names -- The electronic revolution -- Texting -- Language at play -- Why use language? -- Language for feelings -- Political correctness -- Language in literature -- Developing a style -- The complexity of language -- Linguistics -- Applied linguistics -- language world -- Index
N2  - Now in paperback, in the tradition of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, a lively journey through the story of language
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3420973
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