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• Title:Why is this a question? : everything about the origins & oddities of language you never thought to ask / Paul Anthony Jones.
  
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• Author/Creator:Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983- author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2022.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: P107 .J66 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Language and languages.
  Linguistics.
  
• Description:xxii, 298 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"Delving into the origins of our alphabet and writing system, grammatical rules and conventions, the sound structure of language, and how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself, Why Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of the inner workings of the linguistic world" -- provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:1783966645
  9781783966646
  9781783966653 (ePub ebook)
  
• Contents:Preface
  Introduction: What is the English language?
  What is a word?
  What is a language?
  Where do languages come from?
  Where do words come from?
  What is the hardest language to learn?
  Why do languages have genders?
  Where do our number names come from?
  Why is the alphabet in ABC order?
  Why do we have vowels and consonants?
  Why do we capitalise I?
  Why does i have a dot?
  Why is Q always followed by U?
  Why do we have double letters?
  Does anything rhyme with orange?
  Why do our words go in the order they do?
  How do we read?
  How do we speak?
  How do we understand?
  Why is this a question?
  Why do we use our hands when we talk?
  14 puzzles: The solutions
  References
  Acknowledgements
  Index.