Author

Publication

2014-02-15 - Reaktion Books

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL27565726M
  • ISBN-139781780232584
  • ISBN-101780232586
  • OCLC Control Number859583895
  • Amazon1780232586

Classifications

  • LCCP40.5

Description

In Beyond Words, Steven Connor seeks to understand spoken human language outside words, a realm that encompasses the sounds we make that bring depth, meaning, and confusion to communication. Plunging into the connotations and uses associated with particular groups of vocal utterances - the guttural, the dental, the fricative, and the sibilant - he reveals the beliefs, the myths, and the responses that surround the growls, stutters, ums, ers, and ahs of everyday language.

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Other Editions

  • Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other VocalizationshardcoverReaktion Books2014-02-15

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