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Why is this a question? : everything about the origins & oddities of language you never thought to ask / Paul Anthony Jones.
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Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983-
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Why is this a question? : everything about the origins & oddities of language you never thought to ask / Paul Anthony Jones.
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London : Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2022.
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xxii, 298 pages ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction: What is the English language? -- What is a word? -- What is a language? -- Where do languages come from? -- Where do words come from? -- What is the hardest language to learn? -- Why do languages have genders? -- Where do our number names come from? -- Why is the alphabet in ABC order? -- Why do we have vowels and consonants? -- Why do we capitalise I? -- Why does i have a dot? -- Why is Q always followed by U? -- Why do we have double letters? -- Does anything rhyme with orange? -- Why do our words go in the order they do? -- How do we read? -- How do we speak? -- How do we understand? -- Why is this a question? -- Why do we use our hands when we talk? -- 14 puzzles: The solutions -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
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"Delving into the origins of our alphabet and writing system, grammatical rules and conventions, the sound structure of language, and how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself, Why Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of the inner workings of the linguistic world" -- provided by publisher.
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Language and languages
Linguistics
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Language and languages
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Linguistics
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See Also:
Anthropology
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Communication
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Conversation
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Elocution
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Ethnology
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Judgment
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Language and education
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Linguistics
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Meaning (Psychology)
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Oratory
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Programming languages (Electronic computers)
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Psycholinguistics
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Racism in language
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Sign language
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Sociolinguistics
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Speech
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Translating and interpreting
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Voice
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Writing
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Written communication
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Biolinguistics
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Creativity (Linguistics)
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Historical linguistics
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Language and languages
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Psycholinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
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