Book contents
- The Wonders of Language
- The Wonders of Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 How to Make Noises
- 2 How to Organise Noises
- 3 How to Build a Word
- 4 How to Say Absolutely Anything You Want To
- 5 How to Build a World
- 6 How to Influence People
- 7 How to Find Lost Languages
- 8 How to Influence the Right People
- 9 How to Lose a Language and How to Learn a Language
- 10 How to Build a Language
- Epilogue More about Cats and Extra-terrestrials
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- Index
5 - How to Build a World
Semantics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2017
- The Wonders of Language
- The Wonders of Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 How to Make Noises
- 2 How to Organise Noises
- 3 How to Build a Word
- 4 How to Say Absolutely Anything You Want To
- 5 How to Build a World
- 6 How to Influence People
- 7 How to Find Lost Languages
- 8 How to Influence the Right People
- 9 How to Lose a Language and How to Learn a Language
- 10 How to Build a Language
- Epilogue More about Cats and Extra-terrestrials
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Wonders of LanguageOr How to Make Noises and Influence People, pp. 81 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017