Languages Are Good for Us by Sophie Hardach
A celebration of the huge linguistic diversity that is open to all of us at birth, and that has inspired and fascinated humans since the invention of speech.
Sophie Hardach tells wonderful stories about words that have travelled vast distances in space and time to make English what it isImpeccably researched and engagingly presented, this fascinating book shows how languages arise, grow, borrow, mix and blend. If you aren't sure what the point of learning another language is, then you need to read this book! -- David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Sophie Hardach is the author of three novels, The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages, about Kurdish refugees, Of Love and Other Wars, about pacifists during World War Two, and Confession with Blue Horses, about the repercussions of the division of Germany on the lives of individuals. Also a journalist, she worked as a correspondent for Reuters news agency in Tokyo, Paris and Milan and and has written for a number of publications including the Guardian, BBC Future and The Economist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789543926 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789543924 |
| Title | Languages Are Good for Us |
| Author | Sophie Hardach |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2021-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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