The Cambridge encyclopedia of language

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Looks at the variety, history, structure, and behavior of language, and discusses language learning, foreign language teaching, and linguistics.

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Full title :The Cambridge encyclopedia of language / David Crystal.

Summary

Looks at the variety, history, structure, and behavior of language, and discusses language learning, foreign language teaching, and linguistics.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005, ©1997.
Edition:2nd ed., 6th printing

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005, ©1997.

The Physical Object

Description:480 pages : : color illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521550505, 9780521550505, 0521559677, 9780521559676
oclc:ocn952107205
LC Classification:P29

1. Popular ideas about language -- The prescriptive tradition -- The equality of languages -- The magic of language -- The functions of language -- Language and thought -- 2. Language and identity -- Physical identity -- Psychological identity -- Geographical identity -- Ethnic and national identity -- Social identity -- Contextual identity -- Stylistic identity and literature -- 3. The structure of language -- Linguistic levels -- Typology and universals -- The statistical structure of language -- Grammar -- Semantics -- Dictionaries -- Names -- Discourse and text -- Pragmatics -- 4. The medium of language: speaking and listening -- The anatomy and physiology of speech -- The acoustics of speech -- The instrumental analysis of speech -- Speech reception -- Speech interaction with machines -- The sounds of speech -- The linguistic use of sound -- Suprasegmentals -- Sound symbolism -- 5. The medium of language: writing and reading -- Written and spoken language -- Graphic expression -- Graphology -- The process of reading and writing 210 -- 6. The medium of language: signing and seeing -- Sign language -- Sign language structure -- Types of sign language.

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Dictionaries Encyclopedias Inglés Langage et langues -- Encyclopédies Language and languages Language and languages -- Dictionaries LINGUÍSTICA (DICIONÁRIOS) linguistics Linguistics -- Dictionaries Linguistics -- Encyclopedias Linguistik Linguistique -- Encyclopédies Ouvrages de référence Reference works Sprache Taal Wörterbuch