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Linguistics and Literacy
William . Ed(S): Frawley
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Paperback. Editor(s): Frawley, William. Series: Topics in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 737.
William Frawley University of Delaware Several years ago, I performed a kind of perverse experiment. I showed, to several linguistic colleagues, the following comment made by Walker Percy (in The Message in the Bottle): language is too important a problem to be left only to linguists. The linguists' responses were peculiarly predictable: "What does Percy know? He's a mercenary outsider, a novelist, a psychiatrist! How can he say something like that?" Now, it should be known that the linguists who said such things in response were ardent followers of the linguistic vogue: to cross disciplines at whim for the sake ... Read more
William Frawley University of Delaware Several years ago, I performed a kind of perverse experiment. I showed, to several linguistic colleagues, the following comment made by Walker Percy (in The Message in the Bottle): language is too important a problem to be left only to linguists. The linguists' responses were peculiarly predictable: "What does Percy know? He's a mercenary outsider, a novelist, a psychiatrist! How can he say something like that?" Now, it should be known that the linguists who said such things in response were ardent followers of the linguistic vogue: to cross disciplines at whim for the sake ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Series
Topics in Language and Linguistics
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461593041
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V9781461593041
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