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the ingredients of language

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Words and rules

the ingredients of language

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How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
348

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Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: the ingredients of language
2000, Phoenix
Paperback in English
Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English - 1st edition
Cover of: Words and Rules
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: Words and rules
Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Words and rules
Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Basic Books
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliography and index.

Published in
London
Series
Science masters

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
401.9

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi,348p. :
Number of pages
348

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18677476M
Internet Archive
wordsrulesingred0000pink
ISBN 10
0297816470
Library Thing
46108
Goodreads
100110

Excerpts

Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is.
Page 1, added by Kevin R. Smith.

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