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The Social Art: Language and Its Uses Macaulay, Ronald (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Pitzer College (Emeritus)) 2 Revised edition
The Social Art: Language and Its Uses
Macaulay, Ronald (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Pitzer College (Emeritus))
Taking the readers on a tour through the world of languages, this book uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to a range of contemporary linguistic knowledge. It covers topics, such as language acquisition, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialects, conversation, narrative, swearing, and many others.
256 pages, Tables and line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 23, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195187960 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 16 mm · 392 g |
| Language | English |