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Word Play : What Happens When People Talk by Farb, Peter is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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Why do certain words make us blush or wince? Why do men and women really speak different languages? Why do nursery rhymes in vastly different societies possess similar rhyme and rhythm patterns? What do slang, riddles and puns secretly have in common? This erudite yet irresistibly readable book examines the game of language: its players, strategies, and hidden rules. Drawing on the most fascinating linguistic studies—and touching on everything from the Marx Brothers to linguistic sexism, from th
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Farb, Peter
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101971291
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (105 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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