Practical linguistics

    TABLE OF CONTENTS     Preface   Chapter I How do we learn languages?   Chapter II Speaking with foreign accent   Chapter III Who sets the norms of linguistic correctness?   Chapter IV Charm and repel of bad language   Chapter V Successful use of language   Chapter VI What makes text writing so difficult?   Chapter VII Linguistic politeness or hypocrisy?   Chapter VIII Omnipresence of allusion   Chapter IX The power and misery of translation   Chapter X Communication in the globalising world   Bibliography