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Description edit
A parrot uncomprehendingly rattles off a string of words learned by rote. And we marvel! Yet we seem to take our own astonishing linguistic powers for granted—the ability to speak, listen, and understand, to read and write. We all understand why language works—we have to communicate to... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
Setting & Locations edit
- Europe
- Britain
- Usa
- China
- South Africa
- India
- South-east Asia
- Russia
- Altaic
- England
- France
- Spain
- Thailand
- Italy
- Turkey
- Japan
- South America
- Germany
- London
- New Guinea
- Myanmar
- Mexico
- Central America
- Nigeria
- Laos
- United States
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Sudan
- Greece
- Malaysia
- Wales
- Vietnam
- Asl
- North America
- Middle Ages
- Ethiopia
- Canada
- Siberia
First Sentence edit
'Language', the title of this book says.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Crystal (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 401.4
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