The five-minute linguist: bite-sized essays on language and languages

by Hilton, Barry Rickerson, E. M.

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Full title :The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by E.M. Rickerson and Barry Hilton.

Summary

Language is a vital part of everybodys life, and nearly everybody is interested in knowing more about it. Its all too easy for people to lose interest, though, when the answers to their questions turn out to be long and technically challenging. The Five-Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages takes a new approach to making accurate and up-to-date knowledge about language accessible in a non-academic way. It consists of 60 short chapters adapted from the weekly scripts of a popular U.S. public radio series on language. The scripts, contributed by a cross-section of leading professional linguists in America and abroad, address questions like 2How many languages are there in the world?3 2Is elementary school too early to teach foreign languages?3 and 2How good is machine translation?3 They are written with a light touch that has been highly successful in reaching an audience of intelligent non-specialists. The book preserves that light touch while adding such features as an index (to help readers connect topics touched on in more than one chapter) and suggestions for follow-up reading. - Publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Equinox Pub
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 273 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:184553199X, 9781845531997
oclc:ocm70292031
LC Classification:P107
Dewey Decimal:400

Subjects

Essais Essay Essays Langage et langues -- Miscellanées Language and languages Language and languages -- Miscellanea Linguïstiek Linguistik Sprache Taal Trivia and miscellanea