The Twitter Machine: Reflections on Language
Product DescriptionThis unique book provides an introductory overview of modern theoretical linguistics which manages to be both accessible and hu...
Product Description
This unique book provides an introductory overview of modern theoretical linguistics which manages to be both accessible and humorous without sacrificing either scholarship of insight.
In a series of magisterial vignettes Smith emphasizes the perennial necessity of appealing to linguistic theory if we are to gain any real understanding of the phenomena of language.
However profound or however trivial the questions we raise and try answe… More >>
I read this book solely because I own a print of the painting shown on the cover… As curious as that may be, this book tells a lot about linguistics, why children say what they do and other somewhat useless explorations.
Although this is all interesting, some of it falls out of normal understanding, without explanation so you are left confused and reading that section over and over again.
Otherwise, it is, as it claims, a good starting to Linguistics.
Rating: 3 / 5