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Where is Language?

Where is Language?

Ruth Finnegan

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2015
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Literatura: historia y crítica
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9781472590930
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Language is central to human experience and our understanding of who we are, whether written or unwritten, sung or spoken. But what is language and how do we record it? Where does it reside? Does it exist and evolve within written sources, in performance, in the mind or in speech?

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