In The Life of
Language: the fascinating ways words are born, live and die, Sol Steinmetz
and Barbara Ann Kipfer attempt to present linguists for a broad audience. They succeed at this by explaining each topic
with the barest minimum of jargon and profession terms (and linguists abound
with both).
They handle such necessary topics “New Root
Formation: The Birth of Words,” “Modification: How Words Grow and Thrive,” and “Generation: Many Ways of Growing Words.” All this is done
is accessible prose. The average reader
with no background in linguists can pick this book up and learn a great deal of
the dynamics of language.
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