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OverviewTo play with language is to break its rules, disrupt its patterns, exploit its weak points. Thus, paradoxically, puns and spoonerisms, neologisms, and slogans reveal and highlight the patterns to which discourse conforms -- patterns which reflect the linguistic competence of language speakers. Only those who have linguistics competence can play with it: thus language games and the poetic use of language are underpinned by unconscious use of linguistic analysis. Using Lewis Carroll's Alice as a starting point, Marina Yaguello takes the reader on an unconventional voyage around language, charting the major themes of linguistics on the way. She shows that we can come to an understanding of language in general and of particular languages through exploring the devices of humour, word-games, and poetry -- devices which reveal the unconscious linguist in all of us. The result is an entertaining but rigorous introduction to language and linguistics for non-specialists and students alike. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marina Yaguello (, Professor and Chair of Linguistics in the English DepartmentUniversity of Paris VII) , Trevor Harris , Trevor A.Le V. HarrisPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.237kg ISBN: 9780198700050ISBN 10: 0198700059 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 05 November 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface: Why Through a Looking Glass? Introduction: So, You are a Linguist. . . 1: What Language is For 2: The Tower of Babel 3: Pink Elephants 4: The Canny Canner 5: Anti-dis-establish-ment-arian-ism 6: Did You Say Pig or Fig? 7: Words as Signs 8: A Rose By Any Other Name 9: The Incredible Lightness of Meaning 10: The House that Jack Built 11: Green Ideas 12: Murdering Time 13: The Miser and the Prodigal Son 14: Tweedledum and Tweedledee ConclusionReviewsThis book is recommended for any student or general reader looking for a short and clear introduction to the subject of linguistics. It examines the main themes and issues, showing how languages are constructed and the rules they obey. Yaguello focuses on devices such as humour, word-games and figures of speech as a means of showing the way in which oral and written communication operates. Highly expert and yet very readable, this is an excellent guide to a fascinating subject. (Kirkus UK) Author InformationMarina Yaguello is Professor and Chair of Linguistics in the English Department of the University of Paris &-Denis Diderot. She has been Visiting Professor in London and in Dakar and has lectured all over North America, Europe, and in many African countries. She has written nine other books about language and linguistics, including Lunatic Lovers of Language: Imaginary languages and their inventors (Athlone Press). She specializes in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and the syntax-semantics interface. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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