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Why is unintelligibility so valued in academia? How can a joke that's funny in one culture be an insult in another? In this book, a linguist answers these and other questions, revealing the ways in which what we say and how we say it help us to accomplish our aims.
| ISBN: | 9780465083596 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Pub date: | 30 Apr 1992 |
| Number of pages: | 336 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Height: | 204mm |
| Width: | 135mm |
| Spine width: | 22mm |
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