Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Harvest books ; HB7 |
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Harvest book ; HB7.
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Contents |
Introductory: Language defined -- The elements of speech -- The sounds of language -- Form in language: grammatical processes -- Form in language: grammatical concepts -- Types of linguistic structure -- Language as a historical product: drift -- Language as a historical product: phonetic law -- How languages influence each other -- Language, race and culture -- Language and literature |
Summary |
"This little book aims to give a certain perspective on the subject of language rather than to assemble facts about it. It has little to say of the ultimate psychological basis of speech and gives only enough of the actual descriptive or historical facts of particular languages to illustrate principles. Its main purpose is to show what the author conceives language to be, what is its variability in place and time, and what are its relations to other fundamental human interests--the problem of thought, the nature of the historical process, race, culture, art. The perspective thus gained will be useful, the author hopes, both to linguistic students and to the outside public that is half inclined to dismiss linguistic notions as the private pedantries of essentially idle minds"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Language and languages.
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Language
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language (general communication)
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languages (study discipline)
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Language and languages
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Linguistik
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Sprache
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Taal.
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Spraak.
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Cultuur.
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Language and languages.
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Langage et langues.
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Genre/Form |
Publishers' advertisements.
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Form |
Electronic book
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