Whys & Therefores: A Rational Look at the English Language

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Whys & Therefores aids the reader to arrive at generalizations for the shape of the English language: words, grammar, meaning, sound and spelling. The format adopted throughout is that of a light-hearted ongoing Socratic dialogue between a mentor and a pupil. The intended effects of such activity are: awareness of what it means to 'know' a language; reliance upon native-language intuition; discovery of what one didn't know that one already...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1908049901

ISBN13:9781908049902

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:288 Pages

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Language Arts

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