Language: The BasicsWhat makes human language unique? * chapters on 'Language in Use', 'Attitudes to Language', 'Children and Language' and 'Language, Mind and Brain' |
Contents
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Further reading | 26 |
The category of number | 39 |
Language and meaning | 47 |
Word meanings and the structure of the vocabulary | 53 |
Meaning and the world | 62 |
Further reading | 69 |
Geographical variation | 75 |
Further reading | 115 |
Language and context | 122 |
Writing it down | 130 |
Getting what you want | 138 |
Language mind and brain | 145 |
Funny things tongues | 159 |
Why is this happening? | 173 |
Attitudes to language | 187 |
Language and identity | 82 |
Further reading | 89 |
Thats a nice word youve got there | 97 |
English come from? | 108 |
a reprise | 206 |
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