How Language Works

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How Language Works is written by David Crystal and published by Penguin UK. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0141911735 (ISBN 10) and 9780141911731 (ISBN 13).

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we’re from and even who we want to be.