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Language through the looking glass : exploring language and linguistics

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What can wordplay--as understood in the broadest sense--teach us about language, its functions, characteristics, structure, and workings? Using Lewis Carroll's Alice as a starting point, Yanguello takes the reader on a vivid and unconventional voyage into the world(s) of language, charting the major themes of linguistics along the way. This is an entertaining and original introduction to the nature of language that will appeal to students and teachers alike.

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Language through the looking glass : exploring language and linguistics, Marina Yaguello, Trevor Harris

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1998
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Titolo
Language through the looking glass : exploring language and linguistics
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
1998
Formato
In brossura
ISBN10
0198700059
ISBN13
9780198700050
Serie
Valutazione
3,8 su 5
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What can wordplay--as understood in the broadest sense--teach us about language, its functions, characteristics, structure, and workings? Using Lewis Carroll's Alice as a starting point, Yanguello takes the reader on a vivid and unconventional voyage into the world(s) of language, charting the major themes of linguistics along the way. This is an entertaining and original introduction to the nature of language that will appeal to students and teachers alike.