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The social art : language and its uses /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macaulay, Ronald K. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.