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100 1 _aPullum, Geoffrey K.,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aLinguistics :
_bwhy it matters /
_cGeoffrey K. Pullum.
260 _aCambridge, UK :
_bPolity,
_c2018.
300 _aix, 135 pages ;
_c19 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aWhat makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aLinguistics.
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aPullum, Geoffrey K., author.
_tLinguistics
_dCambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018
_z9781509530786
_w(DLC) 2018041077
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