17.3207, Books: General Linguistics: Rickerson, Hilton (Eds)

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Date: 29-Oct-2006
From: Janet Joyce < jjoyce at equinoxpub.com >
Subject: The Five-Minute Linguist: Rickerson, Hilton (Eds) 

	
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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:06:07
From: Janet Joyce < jjoyce at equinoxpub.com >
Subject: The Five-Minute Linguist: Rickerson, Hilton (Eds) 
 



Title: The Five-Minute Linguist 
Subtitle: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
	   http://www.equinoxpub.com/
	
Editor: E. M. Rickerson
Editor: Barry Hilton

Paperback: ISBN: 184553199X Pages: 224 Price: U.K. £ 9.99
Paperback: ISBN: 184553199X Pages: 224 Price: U.S. $ 12.95


Abstract:

Language is a vital part of everybody's life, and nearly everybody is
interested in knowing more about it.  It's all too easy for people to lose
interest, though, when the answers to their questions turn out to be long
and technically challenging.

The Five- Minute Linguist:  Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages
takes a new approach to making accurate and up-to-date knowledge about
language accessible in a non-academic way.  It  consists of 60 short
chapters adapted from the weekly scripts of a popular U.S. public radio
series on language.  The scripts, contributed by a cross-section of leading
professional linguists in America and abroad, address popular questions
like "How many languages are there in the world?"  "Is elementary school
too early to teach foreign languages?" and "How good is machine
translation?"  They are written with a light touch that has been highly
successful in reaching an audience of intelligent non-specialists.  The
book  preserves that light touch while adding such features as an index (to
help readers connect topics touched on in more than one chapter) and
suggestions for follow-up reading.

"What a gift to those who love language and those who are simply curious
about it. Leading experts each tackle an intriguing question, and explain
it in straightforward, delightful prose. Read it from cover to cover or
keep it by your bed to dip into for endless fascination."
Deborah Tannen, Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University, and author
of You Just Don't Understand 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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