You Know what I Mean?: Words, Contexts and Communication

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Author: Ruth Wajnryb

ISBN-10: 0521703743

ISBN-13: 9780521703741

Category: Linguistics & Semiotics

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Celebrated writer and linguist Ruth Wajnryb explores how and why our language works the way it does.

1. Nuts and bolts; 2. Word behaviours; 3. Between the lines; 4. Political; 5. Inspired by books, films and media; 6. Gender; 7. Text-types; 8. Fields of discourse; 9. Word biographies; 10. World Englishes.