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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 Baby-talk
• 2 From cries to words
• 3 Learning how to understand
• 4 Making vibrations
• 5 Pronouncing sounds
• 6 Discovering grammar
• 7 Having a conversation
• 8 Learning to read and write
• 9 Getting to grips with spelling
• 10 Spelling rules and variations
• 11 Grammar rules and variations
• 12 Accents and dialects
• 13 Being bilingual
• 14 The languages of the world
• 15 The origins of speech
• 16 The origins of writing
• 17 Modern writing
• 18 Sign language
• 19 Comparing languages
• 20 Dying languages
• 21 Language change
• 22 Language variation
• 23 Language at work
• 24 Slang
• 25 Dictionaries
• 26 Etymology
• 27 Place names
• 28 Personal names
• 29 The electronic revolution
• 30 Texting
• 31 Language at play
• 32 Why use language?
• 33 Language for feelings
• 34 Political correctness
• 35 Language in literature
• 36 Developing a style
• 37 The complexity of language
• 38 Linguistics
• 39 Applied linguistics
• 40 Your language world
• Index