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Linguistics : why it matters / Geoffrey K. Pullum.

By: Pullum, Geoffrey K [author.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2018Description: ix, 135 pages ; 19 cmISBN: 9781509530762Subject(s): LinguisticsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: LinguisticsDDC classification: 410

Contents:

What makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us.

Summary: "Linguistics applies the analytical methods of the sciences to a subject formerly thought to belong mainly to the humanities: language. Geoff Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which the study of linguistics matters. With its close relationships to other disciplines, the subject has a compelling human story to tell"-- Provided by publisher.

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What makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us.

"Linguistics applies the analytical methods of the sciences to a subject formerly thought to belong mainly to the humanities: language. Geoff Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which the study of linguistics matters. With its close relationships to other disciplines, the subject has a compelling human story to tell"-- Provided by publisher.

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