The language web : the power and problem of words / Jean Aitchison.
Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how children acquire it, and how educated English speake...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Series: | Reith lectures ;
1996. |
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