How language works
Subtitle: how babies babble, words change meaning, and languages live or die
By: David Crystal
Edition: 1st trade paperback ed
Publisher: Avery
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9781583332917
Subjects: Linguistics; Language and languages
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-486) and index
Table of contents: title: Introducing language; title: Spoken language; title: Written language; title: Sign language; title: Language structure; title: Discourse; title: Dialects; title: Languages; title: Multilingualism; title: Looking after language