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1 online resource (252 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
This book brings together twelve authors who look at the concept of the ""word"" from several different perspectives, inspiring in the reader a sense of wonder - to think of the lowly word, which we toss away in yesterday's newspaper, which we ignore on street signs, which we utter without giving a thought to the consequences of the power carried by the word. Moving from a psycholinguist explanation of the acquisition of language, the volume presents the function of the word in ""bad"" jokes, in ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Word (Linguistics) -- Philosophy.
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Word (Linguistics) |
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Philosophy. |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Daniels, Patsy J. Power of the Word : The Sacred and the Profane. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2015 9781443875288 |
| ISBN |
9781443879903 (electronic book) |
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1443879908 (electronic book) |
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9781443875288 |
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1443875287 |
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