Language/ the big picture
Sharpe,Peter
- London: continuum International publishing group, 2009.
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Introduction; 1. What are the origins of language?; 2. Is language exclusive to humans?; 3. Why do languages change?; 4. How does language vary across cultures?; 5. Where does Noam Chomsky fit into linguistics?; 6. How scientific can linguistic theory be?; 7. What makes semantics difficult?; 8. The power of symbols?; 9. How is language represented in the mind?; Bibliography; Index.