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How Language Works

How Language Works

How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

By
David Crystal
David Crystal
2006

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Owned

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Beton a hlína: Rozhovory o šetrnosti a udržitelnosti ve městě
Zápisky Georgie Nicolsonové
Kdo vaří ekonomům? aneb Jak se ekonomie vykašlala na ženy
You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents
The Help

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115 books

Nonfiction

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Farewell to the East End
Shadows of the Workhouse
Call the Midwife: Ruf des Lebens
All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully
Fun home
How Starbucks Saved My Life
What Every Body is Saying

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12 books

Language

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Marki
You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents
I Never Knew There Was a Word For It
Stopařův průvodce po galaxii jazyků
Reprezentace ženství z perspektivy lingvistiky genderových a sexuálních identit
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

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95 books

Neuroscience

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Spiritomb
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Neuroexistentialism
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders
Mind of Its Own

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161 books

Linguistics

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Spiritomb
How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States