2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Powell's Q&A | January 17, 2012

Ryan Boudinot: IMG Powell’s Q&A: Ryan Boudinot

1 comment By Ryan Boudinot

Describe your latest work. Blueprints of the Afterlife is a novel about the following things: giant heads that appear in the sky, a mystical... Continue »
  1. $9.80 Sale Trade Paper add to wish list

    Blueprints of the Afterlife

    Ryan Boudinot 9780802170910
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$14.95
Used Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Linguistics- General

More copies of this ISBN

eBook editions

How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die

by David Crystal

How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Whether looking at the whistle languages of the Canary Islands or describing the layout of the human throat, this landmark book will enrich the lives of everyone who reads it.

Review:

"A world authority on language, Crystal (The Stories of English) offers an impeccably organized guide to language and communication that brings clarity to a scholarly subject, and is sure to become a standard reference. Written in an unadorned style, Crystal's chapters are purposeful lessons ('How we use tone of voice'; 'How children learn to mean'; 'How we choose what to say') that demonstrate his pedagogical genius for rendering complex matters simple. Crystal's tome imparts a vast amount of knowledge concerning intricate and interrelated aspects of speech, the written word, lexicography, grammar and neurological aspects of communication; it encompasses issues of identity, ethnicity and the preservation of disappearing languages, the structural organization of the world's different language families, multilingualism, and the pragmatic uses of artificial and natural languages. A feat of academic distillation, Crystal's book abounds in wisdom and dry wit." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
back to top

About the Author

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and the editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia.

 

back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9781585678488
Subtitle:
How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Liveor Die
Author:
Crystal, David
Publisher:
Overlook Hardcover
Subject:
Linguistics
Subject:
Language and languages
Subject:
Linguistics - General
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
B-Hardcover
Publication Date:
20061116
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
9.04x6.38x1.39 in. 1.64 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $26.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World (Facts on File Library of Language and Literature)

    Bernard Comrie 9780816051236
  2. $6.99 Google eBooks add to wish list

    The Golden Transcendence: Or, the Last of the Masquerade

    John C. Wright 9781429915595
  3. $46.75 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Language Diversity & Thought A Reformulation of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

    John A Lucy 9780521387972
  4. $65.25 New Hardcover add to wish list

    Diaries Vol. 1, 1907-1914: Prodigious Youth

    Sergey Prokofiev 9780801445408
  5. $10.50 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    The Company They Kept: Writers on Unforgettable Friendships

    Robert B Silvers 9781590172032
  6. $21.50 New Trade Paper add to wish list

    Old Calabria (Marlboro Travel)

    Norman Douglas 9780810160224
back to top

Related Aisles

How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die Used Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$14.95 In Stock
Product details 512 pages Overlook Press - English 9781585678488 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "A world authority on language, Crystal (The Stories of English) offers an impeccably organized guide to language and communication that brings clarity to a scholarly subject, and is sure to become a standard reference. Written in an unadorned style, Crystal's chapters are purposeful lessons ('How we use tone of voice'; 'How children learn to mean'; 'How we choose what to say') that demonstrate his pedagogical genius for rendering complex matters simple. Crystal's tome imparts a vast amount of knowledge concerning intricate and interrelated aspects of speech, the written word, lexicography, grammar and neurological aspects of communication; it encompasses issues of identity, ethnicity and the preservation of disappearing languages, the structural organization of the world's different language families, multilingualism, and the pragmatic uses of artificial and natural languages. A feat of academic distillation, Crystal's book abounds in wisdom and dry wit." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.