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Linguistics : why it matters / Geoffrey K. Pullum.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018Description: ix, 135 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509530762
  • 9781509530755
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: LinguisticsDDC classification:
  • 410 23
LOC classification:
  • P123 .P85 2018
Contents:
What makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us.
Summary: "Linguistics applies the analytical methods of the sciences to a subject formerly thought to belong mainly to the humanities: language. Geoff Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which the study of linguistics matters. With its close relationships to other disciplines, the subject has a compelling human story to tell"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks P123 .P85 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001453355

"Linguistics applies the analytical methods of the sciences to a subject formerly thought to belong mainly to the humanities: language. Geoff Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which the study of linguistics matters. With its close relationships to other disciplines, the subject has a compelling human story to tell"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

What makes us human -- How sentences work -- Words, meaning and thought -- Language and social life -- Machines that understand us.

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