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Talk on the Wild Side
Why Language Won't Do As It's Told
Taschenbuch von Lane Greene
Sprache: Englisch

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Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many have tried, from sticklers for supposedly correct grammar to inventors of supposedly perfect languages; from software engineers working on machine translation to governments that see language management as politics by another means. But when you enter the lair of a wild beast, you can be lucky to escape with your wits.Join Lane Greene on a journey of discovery into the deep strangeness of language. Learn why grammar rules can never capture the extraordinary variety of ordinary usage. See what happens when you try to design a language that really makes sense. Find out why, for all the talk of decline in English, no language in recorded history has ever gone to the dogs, or ever could. And learn the fate of those bold individuals who, through heroism or ignorance, ventured to teach their tongue some new tricks.
Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many have tried, from sticklers for supposedly correct grammar to inventors of supposedly perfect languages; from software engineers working on machine translation to governments that see language management as politics by another means. But when you enter the lair of a wild beast, you can be lucky to escape with your wits.Join Lane Greene on a journey of discovery into the deep strangeness of language. Learn why grammar rules can never capture the extraordinary variety of ordinary usage. See what happens when you try to design a language that really makes sense. Find out why, for all the talk of decline in English, no language in recorded history has ever gone to the dogs, or ever could. And learn the fate of those bold individuals who, through heroism or ignorance, ventured to teach their tongue some new tricks.
Über den Autor
Lane Greene writes the Johnson column about language for The Economist. His book about the politics of language, You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity, was published by Delacorte Press in 2011.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781781258071
ISBN-10: 1781258074
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Greene, Lane
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Profile Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Lane Greene
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2019
Gewicht: 0,234 kg
preigu-id: 115570730
Über den Autor
Lane Greene writes the Johnson column about language for The Economist. His book about the politics of language, You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity, was published by Delacorte Press in 2011.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781781258071
ISBN-10: 1781258074
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Greene, Lane
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Profile Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Lane Greene
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2019
Gewicht: 0,234 kg
preigu-id: 115570730
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