| Titre : |
Language Matters : A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Donna Jo Napoli, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
US : oxford university press |
| Année de publication : |
2003 |
| Importance : |
198p. |
| Présentation : |
couv.ill |
| Format : |
18cm. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-19-516048-2 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliographie p191-192 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Tags : |
Language Matters |
| Index. décimale : |
E410 |
| Résumé : |
Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguist Donna Jo Napoli points out in this short and highly entertaining volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes
Napoli provides an entertaining tour through the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, she encourages and leads the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both her questions and her conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining. This volume is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.
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| Note de contenu : |
-Language: The Human Ability
-How do we acquire language?
-From one language to the next: Whu is it hard to learn a second language? Why is translation so difficult?
-Does language equal thought?
-Are sign languages real languages?
-Do animals have language?
-Can computers learn language?
-Language in Society
-Whose speech is better?
-Why do dialects and creales differ from standard Language?
-Do men and woman speak differently? And who cares?
-English spelling is hard, and it makes learning to real hard. Should we do anything about it?
-Should the United States adopt English as our official language and overthaul our educational system accordingly?
-Does exposure to and use of offensive language harm children?
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Language Matters : A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language [texte imprimé] / Donna Jo Napoli, Auteur . - US : oxford university press, 2003 . - 198p. : couv.ill ; 18cm. ISBN : 978-0-19-516048-2
Bibliographie p191-192 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Tags : |
Language Matters |
| Index. décimale : |
E410 |
| Résumé : |
Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguist Donna Jo Napoli points out in this short and highly entertaining volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes
Napoli provides an entertaining tour through the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, she encourages and leads the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both her questions and her conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining. This volume is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.
|
| Note de contenu : |
-Language: The Human Ability
-How do we acquire language?
-From one language to the next: Whu is it hard to learn a second language? Why is translation so difficult?
-Does language equal thought?
-Are sign languages real languages?
-Do animals have language?
-Can computers learn language?
-Language in Society
-Whose speech is better?
-Why do dialects and creales differ from standard Language?
-Do men and woman speak differently? And who cares?
-English spelling is hard, and it makes learning to real hard. Should we do anything about it?
-Should the United States adopt English as our official language and overthaul our educational system accordingly?
-Does exposure to and use of offensive language harm children?
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