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The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax, and other irreverent essays on the study of language
| 責任表示 | Geoffrey K. Pullum |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1991 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | x, 236 p. ; 22 cm |
| 概要 | How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous? How might Star Trek's Commander Spock react to Noam Chomsky's theories of l...nguage? These and many other odd questions are typical topics in this collection of essays that present an occasionally zany, often wry, but always fascinating look at language and the people who study it. Geoffrey K. Pullum's writings began as columns in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory in 1983. For six years, in almost every issue, under the banner "TOPIC. . .COMMENT," he published a captivating meacute;lange of commentary, criticism, satire, whimsy, and fiction. Those columns are reproduced here--almost exactly as his friends and colleagues originally warned him not to publish them--along with new material including a foreword by James D. McCawley, a prologue, and a new introduction to each of these clever pieces. Whether making a sneak attack on some sacred cow, delivering a tongue-in-cheek protest against current standards, or supplying a caustic review of some recent development, Pullum remains in touch with serious concerns about language and society. At the same time, he reminds the reader not to take linguistics too seriously all of the time. Pullum will take you on an excursion into the wild and untamed fringes of linguistics. Among the unusual encounters in store are a conversation between Star Trek's Commander Spock and three real earth linguists, the strange tale of the author's imprisonment for embezzling funds from the Campaign for Typographical Freedom, a harrowing account of a day in the research life of four unhappy grammarians, and the true story of how a monograph on syntax was suppressed because the examples were judged to be libelous. You will also find a volley of humorous broadsides aimed at dishonest attributional practices, meddlesome copy editors, mathematical incompetence, and "cracker-barrel philosophy of science." These learned and witty pieces will delight anyone who is fascinated by the quirks of language and linguists. 続きを見る |
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: pbk | 中央図 4C_1‐135 [法] | Z 30/P/16 | 1991 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Collection of 23 essays originally appeared in the journal Natural language and linguistic theory Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| 著者標目 | *Pullum, Geoffrey K. |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Linguistics LCSH:Language and languages |
| 分 類 | LCC:P27 DC20:410 |
| 書誌ID | 1001140970 |
| ISBN | 0226685330 |
| NCID | BA12740529 |
| 巻冊次 | : cloth ; ISBN:0226685330 : pbk ; ISBN:0226685349 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.17 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.17 |