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adam_text | Contents
Preface
xi
Introducing language
ι
How what works? l
2
How to treat body language
5
3
How we use the edges of language
11
Spoken language
4
How we make speech sounds: phase
1 18
5
How we make speech sounds: phase
2 25
6
How we transmit sounds
32
7
How we hear speech sounds
39
8
How we perceive speech
44
9
How we describe speech sounds
51
10
How we describe consonants and vowels
58
11
How we organize the sounds of speech
66
12
How we use tone of voice
73
13
How children learn speech sounds: the first year
79
14
How children learn speech sounds: later years
85
15
How speech can go wrong
90
Written language
16
How we write
97
17
How we make writing systems: early times
105
18
How we make writing systems: modern times
113
19
How we read
121
20
How we write and spell
127
21
How we learn to read and write
133
22
How reading and writing can go wrong
140
23
How writing and speech differ
147
24
How the electronic medium differs
153
Sign language
25
How sign language works
159
26
How sign languages vary
164
Language structure
27
How the brain handles language
171
28
How to investigate language structure
180
29
How we mean
186
30
How we analyse meaning
192
31
How we leam vocabulary
198
32
How children learn to mean
204
33
How dictionaries work
210
34
How names work
217
35
How vocabulary grows
224
36
How we study grammar
230
37
How words work
236
38
How we classify words
242
39
How sentences work
247
40
How we learn grammar
254
Discourse
41
How we discourse
260
42
How conversation works
267
43
How we choose what to say
275
44
How we can t choose what to say
282
Dialects
45
How we know where someone is from
289
46
How to study dialects
295
47
How we know what someone is: the ethnic issue
302
48
How we know what someone is: the social issue
309
49
How we know who someone is: the stylistic issue
316
50
How we know where someone is: the contextual issue
322
51
How dialects differ from languages
329
Languages
52
How languages die
336
53
How languages are born
343
54
How language began
350
55
How language changes
357
56
How language families work
364
57
How the Indo-European family is organized
371
58
How other Eurasian families are organized
-
part one
380
59
How other Eurasian families are organized
-
part two
387
60
How the Indo-Pacific island families are organized
393
61
How African families are organized
397
62
How American families are organized
403
Multilingualism
63
How multilingualism works
409
64
How we cope with many languages: translate them
416
65
How we cope with many languages: supplement them
423
66
How we cope with many languages: learn them
430
67
How we cope with many languages: teach them
437
68
How we cope with many languages: plan them
444
69
How not to look after languages
451
Looking after language
70
How to look after languages: recognizing principles
457
71
How to look after languages: recognizing functions
462
72
How to look after languages: recognizing varieties
469
73
Teaching people to look after languages
477
Further Reading
485
Index
487
The perfect one-volume introduction to the study of
language Guardian
What s in a name? How do sounds become speech? What
makes a word rude or polite? Is it possible to speak out of
tune? How do we learn to read?
These and hundreds of other questions are answered in David
Crystal s brilliant tour through the fascinating world of
language. From eyebrow flashes to whistling languages, from
baby talk to why the grocer s apostrophe isn t such a bad
thing after all, How Language Works sheds light on the endless
mysteries of the language we speak, write and read every day.
David Crystal is the prophet par excellence of the English
language
...
the best reminder of why, whatever the best
current theory, language itself, in all its variety, remains
such an inexhaustible treasure chest New Statesman
Very clear, very authoritative Daily Telegraph
Exhilarating
...
Professor Crystal probably knows more
about the composition, history, poetics and mechanics of
the English language than anyone else alive Scotsman
|
adam_txt |
Contents
Preface
xi
Introducing language
ι
How what works? l
2
How to treat body language
5
3
How we use the 'edges' of language
11
Spoken language
4
How we make speech sounds: phase
1 18
5
How we make speech sounds: phase
2 25
6
How we transmit sounds
32
7
How we hear speech sounds
39
8
How we perceive speech
44
9
How we describe speech sounds
51
10
How we describe consonants and vowels
58
11
How we organize the sounds of speech
66
12
How we use tone of voice
73
13
How children learn speech sounds: the first year
79
14
How children learn speech sounds: later years
85
15
How speech can go wrong
90
Written language
16
How we write
97
17
How we make writing systems: early times
105
18
How we make writing systems: modern times
113
19
How we read
121
20
How we write and spell
127
21
How we learn to read and write
133
22
How reading and writing can go wrong
140
23
How writing and speech differ
147
24
How the electronic medium differs
153
Sign language
25
How sign language works
159
26
How sign languages vary
164
Language structure
27
How the brain handles language
171
28
How to investigate language structure
180
29
How we mean
186
30
How we analyse meaning
192
31
How we leam vocabulary
198
32
How children learn to mean
204
33
How dictionaries work
210
34
How names work
217
35
How vocabulary grows
224
36
How we study grammar
230
37
How words work
236
38
How we classify words
242
39
How sentences work
247
40
How we learn grammar
254
Discourse
41
How we discourse
260
42
How conversation works
267
43
How we choose what to say
275
44
How we can't choose what to say
282
Dialects
45
How we know where someone is from
289
46
How to study dialects
295
47
How we know what someone is: the ethnic issue
302
48
How we know what someone is: the social issue
309
49
How we know who someone is: the stylistic issue
316
50
How we know where someone is: the contextual issue
322
51
How dialects differ from languages
329
Languages
52
How languages die
336
53
How languages are born
343
54
How language began
350
55
How language changes
357
56
How language families work
364
57
How the Indo-European family is organized
371
58
How other Eurasian families are organized
-
part one
380
59
How other Eurasian families are organized
-
part two
387
60
How the Indo-Pacific island families are organized
393
61
How African families are organized
397
62
How American families are organized
403
Multilingualism
63
How multilingualism works
409
64
How we cope with many languages: translate them
416
65
How we cope with many languages: supplement them
423
66
How we cope with many languages: learn them
430
67
How we cope with many languages: teach them
437
68
How we cope with many languages: plan them
444
69
How not to look after languages
451
Looking after language
70
How to look after languages: recognizing principles
457
71
How to look after languages: recognizing functions
462
72
How to look after languages: recognizing varieties
469
73
Teaching people to look after languages
477
Further Reading
485
Index
487
'The perfect one-volume introduction to the study of
language' Guardian
What's in a name? How do sounds become speech? What
makes a word rude or polite? Is it possible to speak out of
tune? How do we learn to read?
These and hundreds of other questions are answered in David
Crystal's brilliant tour through the fascinating world of
language. From eyebrow flashes to whistling languages, from
baby talk to why the grocer's apostrophe isn't such a bad
thing after all, How Language Works sheds light on the endless
mysteries of the language we speak, write and read every day.
'David Crystal is the prophet par excellence of the English
language
.
the best reminder of why, whatever the best
current theory, language itself, in all its variety, remains
such an inexhaustible treasure chest' New Statesman
'Very clear, very authoritative' Daily Telegraph
'Exhilarating
.
Professor Crystal probably knows more
about the composition, history, poetics and mechanics of
the English language than anyone else alive' Scotsman |
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