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The book "The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention" by Guy Deutscher explains this very well and has numerous examples. As a lan
by chopsuey5540 4y ago
The book "The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention" by Guy Deutscher explains this very well and has numerous examples. As a language noob, I found it fascinating!
- wrboyce 4y agoAppreciate the book recommendation, I have read “Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages” by the same author and similarly found it fascinating.
- mikelevins 4y agoAnother cool one is this: https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Encyclopedia-Language-David-Crystal/dp/0521736501 https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Encyclopedia-Language-David...
- DavidSJ 4y agoI second this recommendation.