Catalog > Ciencia espiritual > Idiomas > Lingüística > R.L. Trask: Language: The Basics (ePUB)

R.L. Trask
Language: The Basics [EPUB ebook]

Soporte

Portada de R.L. Trask: Language: The Basics (ePUB)

What makes human language unique?
Do women speak differently from men?
Just what is the meaning of ‘meaning’?
Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way language works.
It features:

* chapters on »Language in Use», »Attitudes to Language», »Children and Language» and »Language, Mind and Brain»
* a section on sign language
* a glossary of key terms
* handy annotated guides to further reading.
Providing an accessible overview of a fascinating subject, this is an essential book for all students and anyone who»s ever been accused of splitting an infinitive.

€25.70

¡Compre este libro electrónico y obtenga 1 más GRATIS!

Formato EPUB ● Páginas 262 ● ISBN 9781134635986 ● Editorial Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2003 ● Descargable 6 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 2550979 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

Requiere lector de ebook con capacidad DRM

Más ebooks del mismo autor / Editor

R.L. Trask R. L. Trask

53.315 Ebooks en esta categoría

Portada de Weldon South Coblin: A Sinologists Handlist of Sino-Tibetan Lexical Comparisons

Weldon South Coblin: A Sinologists Handlist of Sino-Tibetan Lexical Comparisons

The objective of the work of W. South Coblin has been to collect various materials on Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages into a single list and to arrange this list in a clear and convenient form, w …

Portada de Dr Avary (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) Carhill-Poza & Dr Naomi (Monash University, Australia) Kurata: Social Networks in Language Learning and Language Teaching

Dr Avary (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) Carhill-Poza & Dr Naomi (Monash University, Australia) Kurata: Social Networks in Language Learning and Language Teaching

Sociocultural research has long recognized the necessity of sustained interpersonal interaction for language development. However, less is known about the underlying relationships that promote langua …

Portada de Stephen Biggs & Heimir (Iowa State University, USA) Geirsson: The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference

Stephen Biggs & Heimir (Iowa State University, USA) Geirsson: The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference

This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference; the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expressio …

Portada de K. Nelson & Anne van Kleeck: Children''s Language

K. Nelson & Anne van Kleeck: Children»s Language

This series, Children’s Language, reflects the conviction that extensive work on entirely new fronts along with a great deal of reinterpretation of old-front data will be necessary before any persuas …

Portada de Lily Kahn & Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi: West Greenlandic

Lily Kahn & Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi: West Greenlandic

This grammar provides a clear and comprehensive overview of contemporary West Greenlandic. It follows a systematic order of topics beginning with the alphabet and phonology, continuing with nominal a …

Portada de Eda Basak Hanci-Azizoglu & Nurdan Kavakli: Futuristic and Linguistic Perspectives on Teaching Writing to Second Language Students

Eda Basak Hanci-Azizoglu & Nurdan Kavakli: Futuristic and Linguistic Perspectives on Teaching Writing to Second Language Students

The aptitude to write well is increasingly becoming a vital element that students need to succeed in college and their future careers. Students must be equipped with competent writing skills as colle …

Portada de Jernej (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana, and Postgraduate School, ZRC SAZU, Slovenia) Habjan: Ordinary Literature Philosophy

Jernej (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana, and Postgraduate School, ZRC SAZU, Slovenia) Habjan: Ordinary Literature Philosophy

The first extended Lacanian reading of J. L. Austin»s ordinary language philosophy, this book examines how it has been received in the continental tradition by Jacques Derrida and Judith Butler, Jac …

Portada de Marija (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Todorova: The Translation of Violence in Children’s Literature

Marija (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Todorova: The Translation of Violence in Children’s Literature

Considering children’s literature as a powerful repository for creating and proliferating cultural and national identities, this monograph is the first academic study of children’s literature in tran …

Portada de Douglas (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Robinson: Translation as a Form

Douglas (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Robinson: Translation as a Form

This is a book-length commentary on Walter Benjamin’s 1923 essay ‘Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers, ‘ best known in English under the title ‘The Task of the Translator.’ Benjamin’s essay is at once an imm …

Portada de Ariane (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan) Macalinga Borlongan: Philippine English

Ariane (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan) Macalinga Borlongan: Philippine English

Philippine English is a comprehensive reference work on the history, sociology, and linguistic structure of Philippine English. It offers readers unprecedented access to a synthesis of the last 50 ye …

siguiente página >>>