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The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by Caroline Myrick a...

The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on languag...

The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by Caroline Myrick a...

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The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by Caroline Myrick and Walt Wolfram.

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Full title

The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by Caroline Myrick and Walt Wolfram.

Publisher

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., [2019]

Call Numbers

G 2019/4822

Record Identifier

74VKV5L4xDm3

MMS ID

991024269318702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 345 pages ; 23 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., [2019]

Edition

Third edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[2019]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"The book is intended for non-specialists, an upbeat introduction to language and linguistics for general readers. The chapters are short (three to five pages), suitable for browsing or reading on the move, and its style is intentionally light--more like what used to be called 'fireside chats'--or, somewhat more currently, 'speed-dating events.' In...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by Caroline Myrick and Walt Wolfram.

Cover title

5 minute linguist

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2019

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2019/4822

Record Identifier

74VKV5L4xDm3

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5L4xDm3

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781781798546 hardcover

1781798540 hardcover

9781781798553 paperback

1781798559 paperback

DDC

400

MMS ID

991024269318702626

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