What is language?
Uri, Helene: Hva er språk?"Language is communication. Language is thinking. To learn more about language is to learn more about oneself. "
What is language? presents a to-the-point and easily read introduction to how language is built up, how it is used, and how it develops over time. The author focuses on the acquisition of language: How do we learn our mother’s tongue? How do we learn a new language? What is necessary to really know a language? The book ends in a discussion about the future of language: How is the Norwegian language influenced by multicultural developments, or by the increasing use of computers and mobile phones?
"... a joy to read...alive, unpretentious and completely lacking in scientific ornamentation..."( Apollon)
First published: 2004, Universitetsforlaget
Translations: Danish (Akademisk Forlag)
Helene Uri: Biography and bibliography
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| Language | Foreign publisher |
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| Danish | Akademisk Forlag |
