The social art : language and its uses
"The Social Art is a highly accessible tour through the world of languages. Macaulay uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to the full range of current linguistic knowledge. In this revised and expanded second edition, Macaulay brings the book up to date with the last decade of progress in linguistics, adding more American examples, and updating bibliographies. Two new chapters have been added, on theories of language development and on the evolution of language."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2006
Oxford University Press, Oxford, ©2006
Einführung
xii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780195187960, 9780199908417, 0195187962, 0199908419
60550603
Give a dog a name
Learning one's first language
The act of communicating
Prosodic features
Learning about words and their structure
Discovering the structure of language: syntax
More syntax
Still more syntax
Semantics
Pragmatically speaking
Theories of language development
Variety
Regional dialects
Social class
Written language
Register
Style
Sex differences
The magic of words
Rhetoric
Conversation
Narratives
Learning a second language
The evolution of language
Language change
The history of English
Indo-European
Languages of the world
Language and thought
Pronouns
Gender
Pidgins and creoles
Literature
Children's lore and language
Envoi: confessio amantis
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