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Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400095438)
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xEssential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes: An original, entertaining, and surprising book that investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them. "An enjoyable tour of linguistic mishaps." --The New York Times Book Review
Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your everyday speech to be filled with errors--about one in every ten words. In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some blunders rises and falls. Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking--and should we? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal stumbles?
Author: Michael Erard
ISBN-10: 1400095433
ISBN-13: 9781400095438
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 08/12/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.74d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/07/2008 pg. 24
Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your everyday speech to be filled with errors--about one in every ten words. In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some blunders rises and falls. Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking--and should we? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal stumbles?
Author: Michael Erard
ISBN-10: 1400095433
ISBN-13: 9781400095438
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 08/12/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.74d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/07/2008 pg. 24
By Michael Erard
xMICHAEL ERARD, a graduate of Williams College, received an M.A. in linguistics and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas. His articles about language have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Science, Seed, The Texas Observer, and many other publications. His website is www.michaelerard.com. He lives in Austin, Texas, and Portland, Maine.
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