Ian Roberts

The Wonders of Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively and thought-provoking introduction to the main discoveries and theories about the nature and wonder of language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9781316604410
• ISBN-10: 1316604411
• Artikelnr.: 45163931

Autorenporträt

Ian Roberts has taught in Switzerland, Wales and Germany, and is currently Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. He has published six monographs and two textbooks, and has edited several collections of articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. How to make noises - phonetics
2. How to organise noises - phonology
3. How to build a word - morphology
4. How to say absolutely anything you want to - syntax
5. How to build a world - semantics
6. How to influence people - pragmatics
7. How to find lost languages - historical linguistics
8. How to influence the right people - sociolinguistics
9. How to lose a language and how to learn a language - psycholinguistics
10. How to build a language - language typology and universals.