The language web :
Aitchison, Jean, 1938-
The language web : the power and problem of words / Jean Aitchison. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - xiv, 139 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The BBC Reith lectures ; 1996 . - Reith lectures ; .
Rev. ed. of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-133) adn index.
Summary:
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 speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she argues that people are right to be concerned about language, though not in the ways traditionally assumed. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an Afterword which looks at the reception of the lectures.
0521573858 (hardback) 9780521573856 0521574757 (pbk.) 9780521574754
96043929
Language and languages.
P106 / .A34 1997
400 / AIL 1997
The language web : the power and problem of words / Jean Aitchison. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - xiv, 139 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The BBC Reith lectures ; 1996 . - Reith lectures ; .
Rev. ed. of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-133) adn index.
Summary:
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 speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she argues that people are right to be concerned about language, though not in the ways traditionally assumed. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an Afterword which looks at the reception of the lectures.
0521573858 (hardback) 9780521573856 0521574757 (pbk.) 9780521574754
96043929
Language and languages.
P106 / .A34 1997
400 / AIL 1997