Publication

2006-10-01 - The MIT Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006040347
  • LibraryThing7161177
  • Goodreads2919846

Classifications

  • LCCP120.L34 F54 2006

Description

"Speakers, in their everyday conversations, use language to talk about language. They may wonder about what words mean, to whom a name refers, whether a sentence is true. They may worry whether they have been clear, or correctly expressed what they meant to say. That speakers can make such inquiries implies a degree of access to the complex array of knowledge and skills underlying our ability to speak, and though this access is incomplete, we nevertheless can form on this basis beliefs about linguistic matters of considerable subtlety, about ourselves and others. It is beliefs of this sort - de lingua beliefs - that Robert Fiengo and Robert May explore in this book."--Jacket.

First Sentence

Speakers, in the course of their conversations, use language to talk about language.

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