| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 1021 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Language structure in its human context : new directions for the language sciences in the twenty-first century / William Croft -- Psychology of linguistic form / Lee Osterhout, Richard A. Wright, and Mark D. Allen -- Structure of meaning / James Pustejovsky -- Social practices of speech and writing / Florian Coulmas -- Explaining language : neuroscience, genetics, and evolution / Lyle Jenkins -- Acquisition of language / Barbara Lust -- Elaborating speech and writing : verbal art / Patrick Colm Hogan -- Entries. |
| Summary |
One of the most important developments of the last fifty years has been the explosive increase in our knowledge about human language. Speech acquisition, reception, and production are arguably the most complex and distinctive operations of the human mind. This is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference resource for this knowledge. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Linguistics -- Encyclopedias.
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Linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Electronic books.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Hogan, Patrick Colm.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521866897 (DLC) 2008041978 (OCoLC)258332197 |
| ISBN |
9781139144711 (electronic book) |
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1139144715 (electronic book) |
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9780521866897 (electronic book) |
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0521866898 (electronic book) |
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9781139137379 |
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1139137379 |
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9786613686541 |
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6613686549 |
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9781139141390 |
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