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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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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Seller name: High Plains Thrifters (Shipping rates and seller details)
Item number (ASIN): 0198700059
Author: Marina Yaguello
Creator: value: Trevor A. Le V. Harris
Role: Translator
ISBN: 0198700059
Item Dimensions: 2.18 x 1.37 (centimeters)
Languages: English x English x English
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 184
Package Dimensions: 41 x 682 x 862 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: December 30, 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Paperback
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