{"product_id":"beyond-words-steven-connor-9781780232584","title":"Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBeyond Words\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Connor seeks to understand spoken human language outside words, a realm that encompasses the sounds we make that bring depth, meaning, and confusion to communication. Plunging into the connotations and uses associated with particular groups of vocal utterances--the guttural, the dental, the fricative, and the sibilant--he reveals the beliefs, the myths, and the responses that surround the growls, stutters, ums, ers, and ahs of everyday language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Words\u003c\/i\u003e goes outside of linguistics and phonetics to focus on the popular conceptions of what language is, rather than what it actually is or how it works. From the moans and sobs of human grief to playful linguistic nonsense, Connor probes the fringes and limits of human language--and our definition of \"voice\" and meaning--to challenge our basic assumptions about what it is to communicate and where we find meaning in language. By engaging with vocal sounds and tics usually trivialized or ignored, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Words \u003c\/i\u003epresents a startling and fascinating new way to engage with language itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780232586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780232584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 5.86w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 69","brand":"Steven Connor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447976210687,"sku":"9781780232584","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ceb32211-3fe8-4b57-9381-2bd784440629.jpg?v=1777236073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-words-steven-connor-9781780232584","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}