a little book of language语言的简史

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1、alittlebookoflanguageCrystalprelims.indd115/01/101:38PMCrystalprelims.indd215/01/101:38PMDaviDCrystalALittLeBookofLanguageUNSWPRESSCrystalprelims.indd315/01/101:38PMAUNSWPressbookPublishedbyUniversityofNewSouthWalesPressLtdUniversityofNewSouthWalesSydneyNSW2052AUSTRALIAwww.unswpres

2、s.com.au©2010byDavidCrystalFirstpublishedbyYaleUniversityPressin2010.10987654321Thisbookiscopyright.Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposeofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,nopartmaybereproducedbyanyprocesswithoutwrittenpermission.Inquiriesshoul

3、dbeaddressedtothepublisher.NationalLibraryofAustraliaCataloguing-in-PublicationentryAuthor:Crystal,David,1941–Title:Alittlebookoflanguage/DavidCrystal.ISBN:9781742231976(hbk.)Notes:Includesindex.Subjects:Historicallinguistics.Languageandlanguages.DeweyNumber:400DesignYaleUniversity

4、CoverJean-ManuelDuvivierPrinterEverbest,ChinaThisbookisprintedonpaperusingfibresuppliedfromplantationorsustainablymanagedforests.Crystalprelims.indd415/01/101:38PMContents1baby-talk12fromcriestowords63learninghowtounderstand144Makingvibrations215Pronouncingsounds286Discoveringgramm

5、ar347Havingaconversation408learningtoreadandwrite459gettingtogripswithspelling5210spellingrulesandvariations5811grammarrulesandvariations6512accentsanddialects7113beingbilingual7814thelanguagesoftheworld84Crystalprelims.indd515/01/101:38PMvicontents15theoriginsofspeech9216theorigin

6、sofwriting9817Modernwriting10418signlanguage11219Comparinglanguages11820Dyinglanguages12521languagechange13122languagevariation13823languageatwork14524slang15125Dictionaries15726etymology16327Placenames16928Personalnames17629theelectronicrevolution18330texting18931languageatplay195

7、32Whyuselanguage?20133languageforfeelings20934Politicalcorrectness21535languageinliterature22136Developingastyle227Crystalprelims.indd615/01/101:38PMcontentsvii37thecomplexityoflanguage23338linguistics23939appliedlinguistics24440Yourlanguageworld250index255Crystalprelims.indd715/01

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