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The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language by Geoffrey Pullum is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language about?
How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous? How might Star Trek's Commander Spock react to Noam Chomsky's theories of language? These and many other odd questions are typical topics in this collection of essays that present an occasionally zany, often wry, but always fascinating look at language and the people who study it.
Who reads The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Geoffrey Pullum
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (82 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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