Language matters :: a guide to everyday questions about language /
Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out in this short and thoroughly readable volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes. |
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| spelling | Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxmJ7vtTdBGKkRvcjqRKd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79085705 Language matters : a guide to everyday questions about language / Donna Jo Napoli & Vera Lee-Schoenfeld. Second edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. ©2010 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Contents; Part I: Language: The Human Ability; 1 How do we acquire language?; 2 What is linguistics?; 3 From one language to the next: Why is it hard to learn a second language? Why is translation so difficult?; 4 Does language equal thought?; 5 Are sign languages real languages?; 6 Do animals have language?; 7 Can computers learn language?; Part II: Language in Society; 8 Can one person's speech be better than another's?; 9 Why do dialects and creoles differ from standard language?; 10 Do men and women talk differently? And who cares? 11 English spelling is hard, and it makes learning to read hard. Should we do anything about it?12 Should the United States adopt English as the official language and overhaul the educational system accordingly?; 13 How does language wield power over us? Can it overpower us?; 14 Does exposure to and use of offensive language harm children?; 15 What do we lose when a language dies? And who cares?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out in this short and thoroughly readable volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes. Language and languages Miscellanea. Langage et langues Miscellanées. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Miscellaneous. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Reference. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Semantics. bisacsh Language and languages fast Trivia and miscellanea fast Academic theses. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026039 Thèses et écrits académiques. rvmgf Lee-Schoenfeld, Vera, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007060353 has work: Language matters (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGB99QbP4WW6qrxFMbpvBP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- Language matters. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199735716 (DLC) 2009028147 (OCoLC)424454978 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=327486 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- Lee-Schoenfeld, Vera Language matters : a guide to everyday questions about language / Contents; Part I: Language: The Human Ability; 1 How do we acquire language?; 2 What is linguistics?; 3 From one language to the next: Why is it hard to learn a second language? Why is translation so difficult?; 4 Does language equal thought?; 5 Are sign languages real languages?; 6 Do animals have language?; 7 Can computers learn language?; Part II: Language in Society; 8 Can one person's speech be better than another's?; 9 Why do dialects and creoles differ from standard language?; 10 Do men and women talk differently? And who cares? 11 English spelling is hard, and it makes learning to read hard. Should we do anything about it?12 Should the United States adopt English as the official language and overhaul the educational system accordingly?; 13 How does language wield power over us? Can it overpower us?; 14 Does exposure to and use of offensive language harm children?; 15 What do we lose when a language dies? And who cares?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. Language and languages Miscellanea. Langage et langues Miscellanées. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Miscellaneous. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Reference. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Semantics. bisacsh Language and languages fast |
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| title_full | Language matters : a guide to everyday questions about language / Donna Jo Napoli & Vera Lee-Schoenfeld. |
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| topic | Language and languages Miscellanea. Langage et langues Miscellanées. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Miscellaneous. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Reference. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Semantics. bisacsh Language and languages fast |
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