Questions about language : what everyone should know about language in the 21st century

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Questions about language : what everyone should know about language in the 21st century

edited by Laurie Bauer and Andreea S. Calude

Routledge, 2020

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Introduction
  • Do animals communicate using a language? / Stephen R. Anderson
  • Is talking work doing work? / Jo Angouri and Ifigenia Machili
  • What makes a language a language? / Laurie Bauer
  • Do people swear because they don't know enough words? / Kate Burridge
  • Is written grammar better than spoken grammar? / Andreea S. Calude
  • Is language change good or bad? / Lyle Campbell and Russell Barlow
  • Are the sounds of languages influenced by climate, environment and biology? / Dan Dediu and Scott R. Moisik
  • Can you tell someone's sexuality from the way they speak? / Evan Hazenberg
  • Is learning a signed language easier than learning a spoken language? / Sara Pivac Alexander and George Major
  • Can you forget your native language? / Monika S. Schmid
  • Can people really disguise themselves when writing or speaking? / Corinne A. Seals and Natalie Schilling
  • What is universal about intonation? / Paul Warren

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