The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language by Geoffrey K. Pullum, James D. McCawley

The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language

Geoffrey K. Pullum, James D. McCawley

236 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

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How reliable are all those stories about the number of Eskimo words for snow? How can lamps, flags, and parrots be libelous? How might Star Trek's Commander Spock react to Noam Chomsky's theories of language? These and many other odd questions are...

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