Bibliograph

Don't believe a word, the surprising truth about language, David Shariatmadari

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Don't believe a word, the surprising truth about language, David Shariatmadari

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-314) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Don't believe a word

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bibliography

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David Shariatmadari

Sub title

the surprising truth about language

Summary

Linguist David Shariatmadari explodes nine common myths about language and introduces us to some of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics. By the end of this eye-opening tour, readers will understand that grammatical "errors" are in fact the foundation of modern English; that the meaning of a word is not what a dictionary says, but how it's used; and that the difference between what gets labelled a "language" or "dialect" is political, rather than scientific

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