Linguaphile (häftad) NY
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
336
Utgivningsdatum
2024-11-18
Förlag
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Dimensioner
216 x 142 x 28 mm
Vikt
422 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780374601836

Linguaphile

A Life of Language Love

av Julie Sedivy
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2024-11-18
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If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, signed, understood, and misunderstood, in all its infinite glory. In this ingenious, lyrical exploration, Julie Sedivy draws on years of experience in the lab and a lifetime of linguistic love to bring the discoveries of linguistics home, to the place language itself lives: within the yearnings of the human heart and amid the complex social bonds that it makes possible. Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love follows the path that language takes through a human life - from an infants first attempts at sense-making to the vulnerabilities and losses that accompany aging. As Sedivy shows, however, language and life are inextricable, and here she offers them together: a childish misunderstanding of her mothers meaning reveals the difficulty of relating to other minds; frustration with professional communication styles exposes the labyrinth of standards that define success; the first signs of hearing loss lead to a meditation on societys discomfort with physical and mental limitations. Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny.
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Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self, Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says about You. She lives in Calgary, Canada.

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