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Among many other things, Babel will teach you why modern Turks can't read books that are a mere 75 years old, what it means in practice for Russian and English to be relatives, and how Japanese developed separate "dialects" for men and women. Dorren lets you in on his personal trials and triumphs while studying Vietnamese in Hanoi, debunks ten widespread myths about Chinese characters, and discovers that Swahili became the lingua franca in a part of the world where people routinely speak three or more languages. Witty, fascinating and utterly compelling, Babel will change the way you look at and listen to the world and how it speaks.
Author: Gaston Dorren
ISBN-10: 0802128793
ISBN-13: 9780802128799
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2018
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2018 pg. 51
Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 6
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018
Library Journal 10/15/2018 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 11/12/2018
Shelf Awareness 12/07/2018
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