How Language Works (英语) 平装

作者：David Crystal 

出版社: Penguin (2007年3月29日)

平装: 512页

语种：英语

ISBN: 0141015527

条形码: 9780141015521

商品尺寸: 13.1 x 2.5 x 19.9 cm

商品重量: 358 g

品牌: Penguin

ASIN: 0141015527

内容简介

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. 

Along the way, we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be.

作者简介

David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. 

He has published over ninety books, most recently The Stories of English, and is the editor of The Penguin Encyclopaedia. In 1995, he was awarded the OBE for services to the English language. He lives in Holyhead, Anglesey.