Crystal David: How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

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How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die - David Crystal. 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.'Marvellous ...a treasure-house for everyone who loves the English language' Philip Pullman How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die - David Crystal od nakladatelství Penguin Books (UK) v kategorii | English literature | Nonfiction za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Knihydobrovsky.cz Features a survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. This work also talks 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. Vydavatel: Penguin Počet strán: 512 Rozmery: 13.1 x 2.5 x 19.9 cm ISBN: 9780141015521 Formát: mäkká väzba - brožovaná (Paperback