| Description |
vii, 472 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 Popular ideas about language; 2 Language and identity; 3 The structure of language; 4 The medium of language: speaking and listening; 5 The medium of language: reading and writing; 6 The medium of language: signing and seeing; 7 Child language acquisition; 8 Language, brain and handicap; 9 The languages of the world; 10 Language in the world; 11 Language and communication -- Appendices -- 1 Glossary; 2 Special symbols and abbreviations used in The Encyclopedia of Language; 3 Table of the world's languages; 4 Further reading; 5 References; 6 Index of langauges, families, dialects and scripts; 7 Index of authors and personalities; 8 Index of topics |
| Analysis |
Language |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 448-452 |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Dictionaries.
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Language and languages.
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Linguistics -- Dictionaries.
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Linguistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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| LC no. |
86032637 |
| ISBN |
0521264383 |
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0521424437 (paperback) |
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