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100 1 $aDeutscher, Guy,$d1969-
245 14 $aThe unfolding of language /$cGuy Deutscher.
260 $aLondon :$bWilliam Heinemann,$c2005.
300 $a360 pages :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- A castle in the air -- Perpetual motion -- The forces of destruction -- A reef of dead metaphors -- The forces of creation -- Craving for order -- The unfolding of language -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Flipping categories -- Appendix B: Laryngeals again? -- Appendix C: The devil in the detail -- Appendix D: The cook's counterpoint -- Appendix E: The Turkish mirror.
520 $aGuy Deutscher presents dozens of new insights into the nature and function of language, showing, for example, how languages 'decay', evolving and simplifying as a result of the laziness of the speakers, while also developing through the use of metaphor.
650 0 $aLinguistic change.
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