Language, Bananas and Bonobos (Paperback)

How can people who are both blind and deaf communicate? What makes Woody Allen funny? Is it normal to hear colors and see sounds? If questions like these have puzzled you, this book of essays on the nature of language will quench your curiosity.

Language pervades every aspect of life. It is essential to everyone everywhere - from politicians to poets, philosophers to pharmacists - yet linguistics is often forbidding. This collection of short, accessible essays changes that. "Language, Bananas, and Bonobos" presents a series of engaging reflections on concerns such as our knowledge and use of language, political correctness, and the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees. In doing so, the volume provides new insights into this subject of universal interest.

General

Imprint:	Blackwell Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	2002
Authors:	N. Smith
Dimensions:	214 x 143 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-631-22872-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
LSN:	0-631-22872-1
Barcode:	9780631228721

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