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008			091213s2007 nyu 000 u eng d
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn488298239
040			_aDKDLA _bdan _cDKDLA
020			_a158333291X (pbk.)
020			_a9781583332917 (pbk.)
029	0		_aDKDLA _b35342509
035			_a(OCoLC)488298239
050	1	4	_aP 107 _bC957h 2007
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049			_aGRAL
100	1		_aCrystal, David, _d1941-
245	1	0	_aHow language works : _bhow babies babble, words change meaning, and languages live or die / _cDavid Crystal.
260			_aNew York : _bAvery, _c2007.
300			_axii, 500 p. : _bill., map ; _c23 cm.
505	0		_aIntroducing language -- Spoken language -- Written language -- Sign language -- Language structure -- Discourse -- Dialects -- Languages -- Multilingualism -- Looking after language.
520	8		_aIn the authors own words, How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sexor, indeed, anything at all. Language is so fundamental to everyday life that we take it for granted. But as David Crystal makes clear in this work of unprecedented scope, language is an extremely powerful tool that defines the human species. Crystal offers general readers a personal tour of the intricate workings of language. He moves effortlessly from big subjects like the origins of languages, how children learn to speak, and how conversation works to subtle but revealing points such as how email differs from both speech and writing in important ways, how language reveals a persons social status, and how we decide whether a word is rude or polite. Broad and deep, but with a light and witty touch, How Language Works is the ultimate laymans guide to how we communicate with one another.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages.
650		4	_aLenguajes y lenguas.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028115.html
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