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Carregando... How Language Works (2006)de David Crystal
  
Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) RichardMansfield | Mar 15, 2020 |  When I say the book is a masterful account, I mean it covers everything. It goes into sign language, the brain structures that formulate and understand language, how the positions of the mouth structures translate into different sounds, the basic idea of how to write down different sounds, and a lot more. I would consider the book to be exhaustive without being tiring. The book has images and illustrations that clearly show the anatomical structures related to speech and hearing and so on. Charts and tables display the phonetic alphabet and other language-related things. I really enjoyed the book. I didn’t find it to be lacking or missing any information at all. Then again, I am not a linguist and can’t really say that with any level of confidence. (  ) Floyd3345 | Sep 19, 2019 | ) SashaM | Apr 20, 2016 |  )1  MarthaJeanne | Oct 25, 2012 | Language is our birthright, an essential part of our humanity. Yet specific languages are potentially dangerous, more powerful than national cultures and identity. However, we cannot clearly define any one language. There are no standards to draw the line between languages or between dialects. Thus we guess there are perhaps 6000 human languages – some thriving, some endangered, all equally modern. But what else should I pick upon? Ending sentences with prepositions? Starting sentences with a conjunctive? I should say the author is not another pop-linguist. He seeks to inform not to entertain or pontificate. For instance, he explains why a monograph ought not to be a monologue. He ably shows that an author can engage a reader in a feigned dialogue with appropriate cues to upcoming contents and required mode of thinking. The explanations are beautiful spun, and easily accessed. Hence the book is well worth reading. ( )1 Jewsbury | Aug 29, 2010 |
 What Mr. Crystal, widely regarded as a leading authority on linguistics, has done is to assume the role of a master distiller of knowledge who takes the whole subject of language and pours it into 73 clearly labeled bottles all beginning with the word “How” — as in, “How we use tone of voice,” “How children learn to mean,” “How conversation works.”  The book is the perfect one-volume introduction to the study of language. In 73 chapters Crystal covers everything from "How we transmit sounds" to "How conversation works"; the book also includes excellent diagrams of the inner ear and the vocal organs.
"This book is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex--or, indeed, anything at all." Language is so fundamental to everyday life that we take it for granted. But as linguist Crystal makes clear, language is an extremely powerful tool that defines the human species. Crystal offers general readers a personal tour of the intricate workings of language. He moves effortlessly from big subjects like the origins of languages, how children learn to speak, and how conversation works to subtle but revealing points such as how email differs from both speech and writing in important ways, how language reveals a person's social status, and how we decide whether a word is rude or polite. Broad and deep, but with a light and witty touch, this is a layman's guide to how we communicate with one another.--From publisher description. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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