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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Abley |
ISBN: | 1446410455 9781446410455 |
OCLC Number: | 1004570450 |
Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
Contents: | Patrick's language -- Dreamers: languages in Northern Australia -- Constructing the world -- Unseen and unheard: Yuchi -- Dont Vori, Bi Khepi -- Leaving the grave: Manx -- The verbs of Boro -- The lion's tongue: Provençal -- Melting at the edges -- The words that come before all else: Mohawk -- Humboldt's parrot -- Ways of escape: Yiddish -- Revival -- The iron of language: Welsh -- The face of all the earth. |
Responsibility: | Mark Abley. |
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Riveting... learned, thought-provoking, bouncing with ideas, yet funny and wry... Inspiring * Independent * A fascinating and addictive book. It is more than that: it is a lucid, often eloquent journey through the crumbling linguistic foundations of humanity * Daily Telegraph * Unusually penetrating and astute * Spectator * An essential read * Guardian * Powerful and important... Compelling' * Sunday Times * Read more...
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