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The Ingredients of Language

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Words and Rules

The Ingredients of Language

  • 17 Want to read
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  • 1 Have read

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
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
368

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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
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
1999, Basic Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Words and rules
Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English

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Book Details


First Sentence

"Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is."

Classifications

Library of Congress
P302, P106 .P477*

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7285663M
Internet Archive
wordsrulesingred00pink_624
ISBN 10
0060958405
ISBN 13
9780060958404
OCLC/WorldCat
45301397
Library Thing
46108
Goodreads
774655

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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