Whys & Therefores: A Rational Look at the English Language

by William E. Rutherford

Whys & Therefores aids the reader in arriving at generalizations for the shape of the English language: words, grammar, meaning, sound and spelling. The format adopted throughout is that of a light-hearted ongoing Socratic dialogue between a mentor and a pupil. The intended effects of such activity are: awareness of what it means to 'know' a language; reliance upon native-language intuition; discovery of what one didn't know that one already...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908049901
• ISBN13: 9781908049902
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 269 Pages