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    The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures

    The Language Web by Aitchison, Jean;

    The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures

    Series: CANTO;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 21 November 1996

    • ISBN 9780521574754
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages156 pages
    • Size 198x126x10 mm
    • Weight 178 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, with illustrations, notes, and an afterword added which looks at the reception of the lectures.

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    Long description:

    Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how children acquire it, and how educated English speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she argues that people are right to be concerned about language, though not in the ways traditionally assumed. This is the text of the 1996 BBC Reith lectures, slightly revised for publication, with illustrations and full references, and an afterword which looks at the reception of the lectures.

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    Table of Contents:

    1. A web of worries: anxiety about language; 2. A web of deceit: the origin of language; 3. Building the web: acquiring language; 4. A web of words: remembering words; 5. A world-wide web: options and snares.

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