In search of English: a traveller's guide Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article/49/2/107/420959 by National Science & Technology Library user on 23 September 2022 David Crystal This contribution derives from a lecture broadcast on the BBC World Service in October 1993 as the second Oxford University Press/BBC Lecture. David Crystal takes the reader on a journey to visit selected features of contemporary English in use, with the intent of pointing out to the traveller some implications for the presentation ...
Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-51698-3 — The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language David Crystal Frontmatter More Information The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language Third Edition This new, thoroughly revised edition of the DAVID CRYSTAL is one of the world’s foremost acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language authorities on language; he works from his home incorporates the major developments in language in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, study which have taken place since the mid lecturer, and broadcaster. He held a chair ...
Introduction to Linguistics (Spring 2017) Location: C509 Time: M7M8M9 Instructor: Shu-Fen Chen Office: A501 Telephone: (03) 5742723 Office hours: Mon. & Wed. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. or by appointment E-mail: chensf@mx.nthu.edu.tw Course description: Human beings have always been curious about the uniquely human possession, human language— about its structure, its diversity, its use and its effects on others. This course explores the human capacity for language. We begin with the discussion of the uniqueness of ...
Popular non-ction books about languages and linguistics Instructor: Irina Burukina irine-bu@caesar.elte.hu If you read a book from this list, I’d be happy to know your opinion on it, whether it was interesting to you or not. If you think a book should be added to this list, don’t hesitate to tell me! If you want to read a book from the list but cannot nd a copy of it, send me an e-mail. 1. The Atoms ...
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