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Linguaphile : a life of language love / Julie Sedivy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sedivy, Julie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages.
- Psycholinguistics.
- psycholinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Life of language love
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
- Summary:
- A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.
- Contents:
- Part I: Childhood. Before meaning
- Minds, meeting and parting
- Feral polyglot
- Prosthesis
- Crevasses
- Part II: Maturity. The rectilinear movement of time
- Resolving ambiguities
- How to be a success!
- Pleasure hunts
- Part III: Loss. Missing words
- Limits
- Silence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780374601836
- 0374601836
- OCLC:
- 1435632298
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