The social art : language and its uses /
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| Author / Creator: | Macaulay, Ronald K. S. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006. |
| Description: | xii, 244 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5849427 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Give a dog a name
- 2. Learning one's first language
- 3. The act of communicating
- 4. Prosodic features
- 5. Learning about words and their structure
- 6. Discovering the structure of language : syntax
- 7. More syntax
- 8. Still more syntax
- 9. Semantics
- 10. Pragmatically speaking
- 11. Theories of language development
- 12. Variety
- 13. Regional dialects
- 14. Social class
- 15. Written language
- 16. Register
- 17. Style
- 18. Sex differences
- 19. The magic of words
- 20. Rhetoric
- 21. Conversation
- 22. Narratives
- 23. Learning a second language
- 24. The evolution of language
- 25. Language change
- 26. The history of English
- 27. Indo-European
- 28. Languages of the world
- 29. Language and thought
- 30. Pronouns
- 31. Gender
- 32. Pidgins and Creoles
- 33. Literature
- 34. Children's lore and language
- 35. Envoi : Confessio Amantis.