All about Language: A Guide

by Barry J. Blake

Book Overview

In clear, congenial style Barry Blake explains how language works. He describes the make-up of words and how they're built from sounds and signs and put together in phrases and sentences. He examines the dynamics of conversation and the relations between the sound and meaning. He shows how languages help their users connect to each other and to the world, how they vary around the world, why they never stop changing, and that no two people speak a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199238405
• ISBN13: 9780199238408
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.5"