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Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blund- 0375423567, Michael Erard, hardcover
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- Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
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- 9780375423567
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Um... : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Subject
- Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Item Weight
- 17.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your casual, everyday speech to be filled with verbal blunders -- about one in every ten words. Why do they happen? Why can't we control them? What can you tell about the people who make them? In this charming, engaging account of language in the wild, linguist and writer Michael Erard also explains why our attention to some verbal blunders rises and falls. Why was the spoonerism named after Reverend Spooner, not some other absent-minded person? Where did the Freudian slip come from? Why do we prize "umlessness" in speaking? And how do we explain the American presidents who are famous for their verbal blundering? You'll have new ways to listen to yourself and others once you've met the people who work with verbal blunders every day -- journalists, transcribers, interpreters, police officers, linguists, psychologists, among others -- and when you've learned what verbal blunders tell about who we are and what we want. A rich investigation of a fascinating subject, full of entertaining examples, "Um. . ." is essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375423567
ISBN-13
9780375423567
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57093178
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Um... : Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2006-103208
Lc Classification Number
P37.5.S67e73 2007
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Praise forUm. . . "Some people are bird watchers and learn a great deal about the birds they watch. Michael Erard watches word botchers and, in the process, enriches our experience of what language is about and what makes us human. After readingUm…,you'll never hear the thud and blunder of everyday speech in the same way." Richard Lederer, author ofAnguished English "Who'd have thought that a book calledUmcould be a page-turner? But Michael Erard's investigtions of "applied blunderology" come to something more than the familiar catalogues of verbal slips and gaffes from the high and the low. It's also a fascinating meditation on why blunders happen, and what they tell us about language and ourselves. At its deepest level, Umis an exercise in the zen of attention, which tunes us in to the revealing noises and pauses that we spend most of our time tuning out." Geoffrey Nunberg, NPR commentator "A lascinating fook at yet another revealing instance of human imperfection." Kirkus(Starred Review) "Included troughout are hilarious highlight reeks of bloopers, boners, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and 'eggcorns'... His work challenges the reader to think about his or her own speech in an entirely new way." Publishers Weekly From the Hardcover edition., Praise forUm. . . "Some people are bird watchers and learn a great deal about the birds they watch. Michael Erard watches word botchers and, in the process, enriches our experience of what language is about and what makes us human. After readingUm…,you'll never hear the thud and blunder of everyday speech in the same way." Richard Lederer, author ofAnguished English "Who'd have thought that a book calledUmcould be a page-turner? But Michael Erard's investigtions of "applied blunderology" come to something more than the familiar catalogues of verbal slips and gaffes from the high and the low. It's also a fascinating meditation on why blunders happen, and what they tell us about language and ourselves. At its deepest level, Umis an exercise in the zen of attention, which tunes us in to the revealing noises and pauses that we spend most of our time tuning out." Geoffrey Nunberg, NPR commentator "A lascinating fook at yet another revealing instance of human imperfection." Kirkus(Starred Review) "Included troughout are hilarious highlight reeks of bloopers, boners, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and 'eggcorns'... His work challenges the reader to think about his or her own speech in an entirely new way." Publishers Weekly, Praise for Um . . . "Some people are bird watchers and learn a great deal about the birds they watch. Michael Erard watches word botchers and, in the process, enriches our experience of what language is about and what makes us human. After reading Um...,"" you'll never hear the thud and blunder of everyday speech in the same way." -Richard Lederer, author of "Anguished English ""Who'd have thought that a book called Um could be a page-turner? But Michael Erard's investigtions of "applied blunderology" come to something more than the familiar catalogues of verbal slips and gaffes from the high and the low. It's also a fascinating meditation on why blunders happen, and what they tell us about language and ourselves. At its deepest level, Um is an exercise in the zen of attention, which tunes us in to the revealing noises and pauses that we spend most of our time tuning out." -Geoffrey Nunberg, NPR commentator "A lascinating fook at yet another revealing instance of human imperfection." -"Kirkus" (Starred Review) "Included troughout are hilarious highlight reeks of bloopers, boners, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and 'eggcorns'... His work challenges the reader to think about his or her own speech in an entirely new way." -"Publishers Weekly", Praise for Um . . . "Some people are bird watchers and learn a great deal about the birds they watch. Michael Erard watches word botchers and, in the process, enriches our experience of what language is about and what makes us human. After reading Um… , you'll never hear the thud and blunder of everyday speech in the same way." Richard Lederer, author of Anguished English "Who'd have thought that a book called Um could be a page-turner? But Michael Erard's investigtions of "applied blunderology" come to something more than the familiar catalogues of verbal slips and gaffes from the high and the low. It's also a fascinating meditation on why blunders happen, and what they tell us about language and ourselves. At its deepest level, Um is an exercise in the zen of attention, which tunes us in to the revealing noises and pauses that we spend most of our time tuning out." Geoffrey Nunberg, NPR commentator "A lascinating fook at yet another revealing instance of human imperfection." Kirkus (Starred Review) "Included troughout are hilarious highlight reeks of bloopers, boners, spoonerisms, malapropisms, and 'eggcorns'... His work challenges the reader to think about his or her own speech in an entirely new way." Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
401/.9
Dewey Edition
22
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