{"product_id":"dont-believe-a-word-the-surprising-truth-about-language","title":"Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth about Language","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDon't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth about Language\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Shariatmadari\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781324004257\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink you know language? Think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThere are languages that change when your mother-in-law is present.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe language you speak could make you more prone to accidents.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSwear words are produced in a special part of your brain.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. Linguists can now explain how and why language changes, describe its structures, and map its activity in the brain. But despite these advances, much of what people believe about language is based on folklore, instinct, or hearsay. We imagine a word's origin is it's \"true\" meaning, that foreign languages are full of \"untranslatable\" words, or that grammatical mistakes undermine English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eDon't Believe A Word\u003c\/em\u003e, linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our prejudices in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exploding nine widely held myths about language while introducing us to some of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics, Shariatmadari is an energetic guide to the beauty and quirkiness of humanity's greatest achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth about Language | David Shariatmadari | Hardcover | 9781324004257 | Used: Very Good | Language \u0026 Writing 1655422","offer_id":48743067156632,"sku":"1655422","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51Aib9ZPt6L.jpg?v=1773858263","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dont-believe-a-word-the-surprising-truth-about-language","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}