Word Play: What Happens When People Talk

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作者Peter Farb 著

出版社Vintage Books

ISBN9780679734086

出版时间1993

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页数366页

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Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
作者： Peter Farb
ISBN13： 9780679734086
类型：简装(简装书)
语种：英语（English）
出版日期： 1993-03-31
出版社： Vintage
页数： 384
重量（克）： 322
尺寸： 20.3708 x 13.3096 x 2.1336 cm

商品简介
This erudite yet irresistibly readable examination of the rules and strategies of language deals with such topics as: why certain words make us wince or blush; differences in language between men and women; and the uncanny similarities among nursery rhymes all over the world. "Absorbing . . . curious, amusing, and enlightening".--The New York Times.
书评与摘要
Why do certain words make us blush or wince? Why do men and women really speak different languages? Why do nursery rhymes in vastly different societies possess similar rhyme and rhythm patterns? What do slang, riddles and puns secretly have in common?
This erudite yet irresistibly readable book examines the game of language: its players, strategies, and hidden rules. Drawing on the most fascinating linguistic studies--and touching on everything from the Marx Brothers to linguistic sexism, from the phenomenon of glossolalia to Apache names for automobile parts--Word Play shows what really happens when people talk, no matter what language they happen to be using.

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