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    The Word Weavers: Newshounds and Wordsmiths

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    A revealing insight into journalism, showing news writers to be skilled ‘word-weavers’ whose work should in no way be regarded as inferior to that of literary writers. Tracing the profession’s…

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    The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words - The 1996 BBC Reith Lectures

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    Language is like a vast spider’s web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web, ranging from its biological nature and the way in which language…

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    The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. In this wide-ranging and accessible overview, Jean Aitchison explores…

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    The Word Weavers: Newshounds and Wordsmiths

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    A revealing insight into journalism, showing news writers to be skilled ‘word-weavers’ whose work should in no way be regarded as inferior to that of literary writers. Tracing the profession’s…

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    Language Change: Progress or Decay?

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other…

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    Language Change: Progress or Decay?

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

    How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other…

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    A Glossary of Language and Mind

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford UK)

    This alphabetical guide to language and mind gives an up-to-date introduction to the key topics of speech comprehension, speech production and child language. The entries are concise and lucid, and…

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    The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford, UK)

    A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author.

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    The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

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    In this revised edition, Jean Aitchison has taken account of the considerable changes in Chomsky’s recent ideas. As a result, the chapters on grammatical innateness, child language acquisition and speech…

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    The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

    Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford, UK)

    A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author.

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