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The social art : language and its uses / Ronald Macaulay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macaulay, Ronald K. S., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociolinguistics.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taking the readers on a tour through the world of languages, this book uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to a range of contemporary linguistic knowledge. It covers topics, such as language acquisition, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialects, conversation, narrative, swearing, and many others.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- Appendix
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Phonetic Symbols for English
- References
- Index
- J
- K
- Q
- X
- Z.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772266-0
- 1-283-23237-5
- 9786613232373
- 0-19-990841-9
- OCLC:
- 750174738
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