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035			_a(OCoLC)35638763
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dBD-DhEWU _beng
041			_aeng
050	0	0	_aP106 _b.A34 1997
082	0	4	_a400 _bAIL 1997
100	1		_aAitchison, Jean, _d1938- _96133
245	1	4	_aThe language web : _bthe power and problem of words / _cJean Aitchison.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1997.
300			_axiv, 139 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
490	1		_aThe BBC Reith lectures ; _v1996
500			_aRev. ed. of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-133) adn index.
520			_aSummary: 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.
526			_aEnglish
590			_aSagar Shahanawaz
650		0	_aLanguage and languages. _96134
830		0	_aReith lectures ; _96135
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/96043929.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/96043929.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/96043929.html
856	4	2	_3WorldCat details _uhttp://www.worldcat.org/title/language-web-the-power-and-problem-of-words/oclc/35638763&referer=brief_results
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