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Скачать книгу (размер 2 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 524) Аннотация: This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: 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 out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: - Explores the endlessly fascinating world of words — World-renowned expert draws on a lifetime's experience — From the world's No. 1 language publisher Words, Words, Words is all about the wonder of words. Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life of its own: it…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 297 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1040) Аннотация: «World-renowned linguist and reference editor, David Crystal, brings us the third edition of «Penguin's Concise Encyclopedia». This abridgement condenses the core material in the third edition of the «Penguin Encyclopedia» which has already reached a world sales total of over 23,000 copies in hardback. David Crystal has a gift for clarity and concision which enables him to illuminate even the…