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Why Do Linguistics? - Reflective Linguistics and the Study of Language (Paperback)
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Why Do Linguistics? - Reflective Linguistics and the Study of Language (Paperback)
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What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know
it? This book shows how viewing the world through a linguistics
lens can help us to understand how we communicate with each other
and why we do it in the ways we do. Above all this book is about
noticing. It is about encouraging readers to pay attention to the
language that surrounds them. The book addresses fundamental
linguistic questions such as: Where do people's beliefs about
language come from? Who decides what language we should speak? How
do we choose the best way to express what we mean? It introduces a
set of practical tools for language analysis and, using examples of
authentic communicative activity including overheard conversations,
Facebook posts and public announcements, shows how this kind of
analysis works and what it can tell us about social interaction.
Exploring language and language use from a social, intercultural
and multilingual perspective, the authors demonstrate the relevance
of linguistics in understanding day-to-day interaction. This book
will help readers not only to become informed, active observers of
language for its own sake, but also to be able to take on and
challenge some of the misconceptions, assumptions and prejudices
that so often underlie public discussion of language issues.
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