Why is this a question?: everything about the origins and oddities of language you never thought to ask
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adam_text | Contents Preface xi Introduction: What L· the English Language? xv Q. 1 What Is a Word? Q. 2 What Is a Language ? Q. 3 Where Do Languages Come From? 31 Q. 4 Where Do Words Come From? 55 Q. 5 What Is the Hardest Language to Learn? 73 Q. 6 Why Do Languages Have Genders? 89 Q. 7 Where Do Our Number Names Come From? 1 13 105 Q. 8 Why Is the Alphabet in ABC Order? 117 Q. 9 Why Do We Have Vowels and Consonants ? 137 Q. 10 Why Do We Capitalise E 149 Q. 11 Why Does i Have a Dot ? 159 Q. 12 Why Is Q Always Followed by U ? 169 Q. 13 Why Do We Have Double Letters ? 179 Q. 14 Does Anything Rhyme with Orange ? 189 Q. 15 Why Do Our Words Go in the Order They Do ? 199 Q. 16 How Do We Read? 211 Q. 17 How Do We Speak? 223
Q. 18 How Do We Understand? 237 Q. 19 Why Is This a Question? 249 Q. 20 Why Do We Use Our Hands When We Talk? 265 Q. 14 Puzzles: The Solutions 277 References 281 Acknowledgements 287 Index 289
Why don t eleven and twelve end in teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these tiro rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that question might never have occurred to you before. But if you re even remotely՜ interested in the origins oflanguage. vou re probably now intrigued to know the answer. And there are many՜ more where that came from: W h do these letters look the way՜ they՜ do? W hy are some uppercase and others lowercase? Whv are these words in this order? How are von understanding what these seemingly arbitrary shapes and symbols mean ? And what even is a question anvwav? Delving into the origins of our alphabet and writing system, grammatical rules and conventions, the sound structure of language, and how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself. JI /n Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of the inner workings of the linguistic world.
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Contents Preface xi Introduction: What L· the English Language? xv Q. 1 What Is a Word? Q. 2 What Is a Language ? Q. 3 Where Do Languages Come From? 31 Q. 4 Where Do Words Come From? 55 Q. 5 What Is the Hardest Language to Learn? 73 Q. 6 Why Do Languages Have Genders? 89 Q. 7 Where Do Our Number Names Come From? 1 13 105 Q. 8 Why Is the Alphabet in ABC Order? 117 Q. 9 Why Do We Have Vowels and Consonants ? 137 Q. 10 Why Do We Capitalise E 149 Q. 11 Why Does i Have a Dot ? 159 Q. 12 Why Is Q Always Followed by U ? 169 Q. 13 Why Do We Have Double Letters ? 179 Q. 14 Does Anything Rhyme with Orange ? 189 Q. 15 Why Do Our Words Go in the Order They Do ? 199 Q. 16 How Do We Read? 211 Q. 17 How Do We Speak? 223
Q. 18 How Do We Understand? 237 Q. 19 Why Is This a Question? 249 Q. 20 Why Do We Use Our Hands When We Talk? 265 Q. 14 Puzzles: The Solutions 277 References 281 Acknowledgements 287 Index 289
Why don't eleven and twelve end in 'teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these tiro rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that question might never have occurred to you before. But if you're even remotely՜ interested in the origins oflanguage. vou re probably now intrigued to know the answer. And there are many՜ more where that came from: W h\ do these letters look the way՜ they՜ do? W hy are some uppercase and others lowercase? Whv are these words in this order? How are von understanding what these seemingly arbitrary shapes and symbols mean ? And what even is a question anvwav? Delving into the origins of our alphabet and writing system, grammatical rules and conventions, the sound structure of language, and how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself. JI /n Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of the inner workings of the linguistic world. |
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