N. J. Enfield

'Language vs. Reality'

Bog | Engelsk

A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankinds greatest invention. Language is said to be humankinds greatest accomplishment. But what is language actually g

'How We Talk'

Bog | Engelsk

We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to language. Whether we are speaking with the clerk at the store, our bo