How Language Works

Features a survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. This work also talks about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be.

Prezinta un studiu despre orice, de la modul in care sunetele devin vorbire la modul in care functioneaza numele. Aceasta lucrare vorbeste, de asemenea, despre sclipirile sprancenelor, limbajele fluierate, despre modul in care parintii isi invata copiii sa vorbeasca, despre modul in care politetea calatoreste intre limbi si despre modul in care vorbim nu arata doar cati ani suntem, ci de unde suntem si chiar cine vrem sa fim. .