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How Language Works

How Language Works

How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die

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David Crystal
David Crystal
2006

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Skins the basics of linguistics - if you already know something about languages this book might not offer as much new information, but it looks at language from many various angles and is therefore definitely worth the read!

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