How Language Works
Book description
Steven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language.
In the author's own words, "How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex-or, indeed, anything at all." Language is so fundamental to everyday life that…
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Why read it?
1 author picked How Language Works as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Think about what we really do with language every day. This book offers a very accessible entry point into how people use language.
Crystal looks at many of the things we all can do with language and what happens to a language as it is used and then changes over time.
Engagingly written, Crystal’s account makes a great starting point for anyone who stops to think about how much we rely on language every day to communicate and coordinate our activities with others.
From Eve's list on nourish curiosity about language.
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