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Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love

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內容簡介 ★Kirkus星級好評！熱愛語言的心理語言學家朱莉‧賽迪維，融合科學與自身經驗探索語言本質。這是一部慶祝語言之美與奧秘的作品，探討語言如何塑造我們的生活、愛情和世界。如果有一個特徵能夠定義人類的境況，那就是語言：無論是書寫的、口語的、手語的，還是被理解或誤解的，都以其無限的光輝存在。在這部巧妙而抒情的探索中，朱莉·塞迪維(Julie Sedivy)運用多年在實驗室的經驗和對語言的終身熱愛，將語言學的發現帶回語言本身所生活的地方：人類心靈的渴望中，以及它所促成的複雜社會關係之中。《語言愛好者：一個語言之愛的生活》(暫譯)追溯了語言在一個人生命中的路徑——從嬰兒第一次試圖理解世界的瞬間到伴隨老化而來的脆弱與損失。然而，正如塞迪維所展示的，語言與生活是不可分割的，在這裡，她將兩者結合在一起：對母親意義的幼稚誤解揭示了與他人心靈相通的困難；對「專業」交流風格的挫敗暴露了定義成功的標準迷宮；聽力喪失的初步徵兆引發了對社會對身心限制的不適的反思。這本書結合回憶錄、科學探索以及文化評論，充分體現了一個沉浸在語言美學樂趣和科學探究的生活所帶來的刺激。A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, signed, understood, and misunderstood, in all its infinite glory. In this ingenious, lyrical exploration, Julie Sedivy draws on years of experience in the lab and a lifetime of linguistic love to bring the discoveries of linguistics home, to the place language itself lives: within the yearnings of the human heart and amid the complex social bonds that it makes possible.Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love follows the path that language takes through a human life―from an infant’s first attempts at sense-making to the vulnerabilities and losses that accompany aging. As Sedivy shows, however, language and life are inextricable, and here she offers them together: a childish misunderstanding of her mother’s meaning reveals the difficulty of relating to other minds; frustration with “professional” communication styles exposes the labyrinth of standards that define success; the first signs of hearing loss lead to a meditation on society’s discomfort with physical and mental limitations.Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny.

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各界推薦 "Rapturous... For lovers of the written and spoken word, this enchanting study is a must." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A remarkable book about how language is an essential trait of human beings―and also one of the most mysterious... Sedivy blends a tender memoir with a fascinating study of how language defines the human condition... Her love of her subject shines through in her graceful writing, resulting in a pleasing, sometimes beguiling read." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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作者介紹 Julie SedivyJulie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self and Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics, as well as the coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says About You. She lives in Calgary, Canada.

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最佳賣點 : ★Kirkus星級好評！熱愛語言的心理語言學家朱莉‧賽迪維，融合科學與自身經驗探索語言本質