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Language studies : stretching the boundaries / edited by Andrew Littlejohn and Sandhya Rao Mehta.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As a defining characteristic of what it means to be human, the use of language plays a central role in almost all human activity. Language functions as a cornerstone in the construction of our identity and in the relationships we build. It takes a central role in facilitating every enterprise we undertake, creates the thread which forms our own biographies, and enables us to play a part in the transmission and maintenance of our culture. This pervasive nature of language means that it may fo...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF PICTURES; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; SECTION II; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4386-5
- OCLC:
- 823720891
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