Share
Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language (in English)
Lane Greene (Author)
·
Economist Books
· Paperback
Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language (in English) - Lane Greene
$ 20.92
$ 34.87
You save: $ 13.95
Choose the list to add your product or create one New List
✓ Product added successfully to the Wishlist.
Go to My Wishlists
Origin: United Kingdom
(Import costs included in the price)
It will be shipped from our warehouse between
Monday, July 22 and
Wednesday, July 31.
You will receive it anywhere in United States between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.
Synopsis "Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language (in English)"
Language is a wild animal: rough, ambiguous, inconsistent in countless ways. But that just makes it all the more tempting to tame it. Many have tried, from sticklers for supposedly correct grammar to inventors of supposedly perfect languages; from software engineers working on machine translation to governments that see language management as politics by another means. But when you enter the lair of a wild beast, you can be lucky to escape with your wits.Join Lane Greene on a journey of discovery into the deep strangeness of language. Learn why grammar rules can never capture the extraordinary variety of ordinary usage. See what happens when you try to design a language that really makes sense. Find out why, for all the talk of decline in English, no language in recorded history has ever gone to the dogs, or ever could. And learn the fate of those bold individuals who, through heroism or ignorance, ventured to teach their tongue some new tricks.
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
- 0% (0)
All books in our catalog are Original.
The book is written in English.
The binding of this edition is Paperback.
✓ Producto agregado correctamente al carro, Ir a Pagar.
