Language, Frogs And Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics

by Neilson Voyne Smith

With topics ranging from language death to sign language, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics.

210 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2005

About the author

Neilson Voyne Smith is the Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy. Variously credited as 'N.V. Smith', 'N. Smith', 'Neilson Smith', 'Neilson V. Smith', and 'Neil V. Smith', but most commonly 'Neil Smith'.

Reviews

[Linnéa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the papers were quite interesting, although some were not really my cup of tea and even seemed a bit pointless. Overall I would still recommend it for linguistic musings.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since I'm between semesters I decided it would be fun and educational to read this book, a series of essays on linguistics. The essays were almost all originally published as short articles, which made the chapters nice and manageable. Smith does a fine job of talking about pretty heavy linguistic theory without making it hard to follow. He is a good writer with interesting ideas.