Um. . .

Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Grammar, Linguistics
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Author: Michael Erard ISBN: 9780375425158
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: August 21, 2007
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Michael Erard
ISBN: 9780375425158
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: August 21, 2007
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

This original, entertaining, and surprising book investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them.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? Full of entertaining examples, Um... is essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes.

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This original, entertaining, and surprising book investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them.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? Full of entertaining examples, Um... is essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes.

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