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Daniels, Patsy J.

The Power of the Word : the Sacred and the Profane. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. - 1 online resource (252 pages)

Includes bibliographical references.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- PART II -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

This book brings together twelve authors who look at the concept of the ""word"" from several different perspectives, inspiring in the reader a sense of wonder - to think of the lowly word, which we toss away in yesterday's newspaper, which we ignore on street signs, which we utter without giving a thought to the consequences of the power carried by the word. Moving from a psycholinguist explanation of the acquisition of language, the volume presents the function of the word in ""bad"" jokes, in ...

ISBN: 9781443879903 (electronic bk.) 1443879908 (electronic bk.)

Source: 9781443879903 Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6I0390 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017860759 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Word (Linguistics)--Philosophy.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics.x
Mot (Linguistique)--Philosophie.
Sociolinguistique.
sociolinguistics.
Philosophy of language.
Literature & literary studies.
Literary essays.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Etymology.
Sociolinguistics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P325

Dewey Class. No.: 412