Introduction
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1. | Title | Title of document | Introduction - The Five-Minute Linguist |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Caroline Myrick; Independent scholar; |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Walt Wolfram; North Carolina State University; |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | introduction to language; introduction to linguistics; Linguistic Society of America; essays about language; what is language; what is linguistics |
5. | Subject | Subject classification | general linguistics |
6. | Description | Abstract | The 5-Minute Linguist provides a lively, reader-friendly introduction to the subject of language suitable for the general reader and beginning students. The book offers brief essays on more than 60 intriguing questions such as “What’s the difference between a language and a dialect?” Can animals understand us?” “What causes foreign accents?” and “How is language used on social media?” These are conveniently organized into 12 topical areas that include What is Linguistics, Language and Thought, Language and Society, and Language and Technology, among others. Each essay is written by a leading authority in the specialization who offers succinct, insightful answers to questions that most of us have wondered about, with follow-up references to more in-depth reading on each question. The third edition adds new topics now at the forefront of linguistics and updates others, serving as an unrivaled introduction to the mysteries and intrigue of language. The third edition of this book was produced under the sponsorship of the Linguistic Society of America. |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 09-Jul-2019 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
11. | Type | Type | |
12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/38119 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.38119 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; The Five-Minute Linguist |
16. | Language | English=en | en |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |