On Language
Title | On Language PDF eBook |
Author | Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | New Press, The |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1998-11-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1565844750 |
Described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive," Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his highly influential writings on language and politics. Featuring two of Chomsky's most popular and enduring books in one omnibus volume, On Language contains some of the noted linguist and political critic's most informal and accessible work to date, making it an ideal introduction to his thought. In Part I, Language and Responsibility (1979), Chomsky presents a fascinating self-portrait of his political, moral, and linguistic thinking through a series of interviews with Mitsou Ronat, the noted French linguist. In Part II, Reflections on Language (1975), Chomsky explores the more general implications of the study of language and offers incisive analyses of the controversies among psychologists, philosophers, and linguists over fundamental questions of language.
The Loom of Language
Title | The Loom of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Bodmer |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780393300345 |
Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.
On Language
Title | On Language PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Harold Greenberg |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 782 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780804716130 |
This is a collection of 37 of the most important, enduring, and influential essays by one of the great linguists of this century, gathered from a wide range of journals and books spanning four decades.
Language and Responsibility
Title | Language and Responsibility PDF eBook |
Author | Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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The distinguished linguist and controversial political critic combines both aspects of his life and work in this wide-ranging and informative discussion that presents his political, moral, and linguistic views on current issues.
When Languages Collide
Title | When Languages Collide PDF eBook |
Author | Brian D. Joseph |
Publisher | Ohio State University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780814209134 |
Reflections on Language
Title | Reflections on Language PDF eBook |
Author | Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | Fontana Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Language and languages |
ISBN | 9780006342991 |
On Language Change
Title | On Language Change PDF eBook |
Author | Rudi Keller |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2005-06-29 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1134901984 |
In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.