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How We Talk by N. J. Enfield
Category: Reference
We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to language. Whether we are speaking with the clerk at the store, our boss, or our spouse, language is dependent on things as comm ...Show more
Language vs. Reality - Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists by N. J. Enfield
Category: Non-Fiction
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language- the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention. Language is said to be humankind's greatest accomplishment. But what is language actually good for? It performs poorly at representing re ...Show more
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