30.2695, Books: The 5 Minute Linguist: Myrick, Wolfram (eds.)

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Subject: 30.2695, Books: The 5 Minute Linguist: Myrick, Wolfram (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:02:50
From: Janet Joyce [jjoyce at equinoxpub.com]
Subject: The 5 Minute Linguist: Myrick, Wolfram (eds.)

 


Title: The 5 Minute Linguist 
Subtitle: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
	   http://www.equinoxpub.com/
	

Book URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/five-minute-linguist-3rd-ed/ 


Editor: Caroline Myrick
Editor: Walt Wolfram

Electronic: ISBN:  9781781798560 Pages: 362 Price: U.S. $ 22.95 Comment: order from Equinox website
Hardback: ISBN:  9781781798546 Pages: 362 Price: U.S. $ 100
Paperback: ISBN:  9781781798553 Pages: 362 Price: U.S. $ 22.95


Abstract:

"The 5-Minute Linguist" provides a lively, reader-friendly introduction to the
subject of language suitable for the general reader and beginning students.
The book offers brief essays on more than 60 intriguing questions such as
“What’s the difference between a language and a dialect?” Can animals
understand us?” “What causes foreign accents?” and “How is language used on
social media?” These are conveniently organized into 12 topical areas that
include What is Linguistics, Language and Thought, Language and Society, and
Language and Technology, among others.
Each essay is written by a leading authority in the specialization who offers
succinct, insightful answers to questions that most of us have wondered about,
with follow-up references to more in-depth reading on each question. The third
edition adds new topics now at the forefront of linguistics and updates
others, serving as an unrivaled introduction to the mysteries and intrigue of
language. The third edition of this book was produced under the sponsorship of
the Linguistic Society of America.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=136773




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