# How Language Works

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- Book: [How Language Works](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal/how-language-works) ([How Language Works.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal/how-language-works.md))
- Authors: [David Crystal](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-crystal)
- Publisher: avery
- ISBN: 978-15-8333-291-7
- Pages: 512
- Published: 2007-11-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Steven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language. In the author's own words, " How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music,...