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The language web : the power and problem of words / Jean Aitchison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aitchison, Jean, 1938-
- Series:
- Reith lectures ; 1996.
- The BBC Reith lectures ; 1996
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an Afterword which looks at the reception of the lectures.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521573858
- 0521574757
- OCLC:
- 35638763
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