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Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language
Donna Jo Napoli
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Description for Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language
Paperback. Why and how does language matter in everyday life? Language Matters answers these questions in an informal, entertaining style. Encouraging readers to tap into their own knowledge of language, the book explores a variety of issues including language acquisition, sign languages, animal communication, and non-standard dialects. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JMAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199735716
SKU
V9780199735716
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About Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo. Napoli is Professor of Linguistics, Swarthmore College. Vera Lee-Schoenfeld is Visting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College.
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