Kotoba No Rikigaku Oyo Gengo Gaku He No Shotai (Iwanami Shinsho Shinaka Ban 1419)

[Machine Translation] Language influences human behavior without our knowing it. In situations involving multiple languages, such as standard and dialect, English and vernacular, there are unconscious dynamics at work that create superiority and inferiority. Linguistics for scientific solutions to problems - from the latest research in applied linguistics to a wide range of topics such as foreign language education, bilingualism, intercultural contact, forensic linguistics, sign language, and language disorders.

ことばは知らない間に人間の行動を左右する。標準語と方言、英語と現地語など、複数の言語が関わる状況では、優劣を生み出す無意識の力学が働く。問題を科学的に解決するための言語学―応用言語学の最新の研究から、外国語教育、バイリンガリズム、異文化との接し方、法言語学、手話、言語障害など幅広い話題を紹介。