How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die by David Crystal, David Crystal

How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

David Crystal, David Crystal

511 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find...

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