Language matters : a guide to everyday questions about language / Donna Jo Napoli & Vera Lee-Schoenfeld.
Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on the...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguists Donna Jo Napoli and Vera Lee-Schoenfeld point out in this short and thoroughly readable volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199750672 019975067X |