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Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing - Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language (Paperback)
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Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing - Encounters with the Mysteries & Meanings of Language (Paperback)
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List price R342
Loot Price R278
Discovery Miles 2 780
You Save R64 (19%)
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'Full of charm and fascination' The Bookseller 'Would dazzle any
storyteller in love with words and their deepest meanings' Amy Tan,
author of Joy Luck Club 'A generous book and a beguiling read'
Rebecca Gowers * * * * * * From the bestselling author of Born on a
Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers, a delightful and eclectic
exploration of language, and what it can teach us about ourselves
and our lives. Why is the name 'Cleopatra' not allowed in Iceland?
Why do clocks 'talk' to the Nahua people of Mexico? And if we are
what we eat, are we also what we say? These are just some of the
questions Daniel Tammet answers in Every Word is a Bird We Teach to
Sing, a mesmerising new collection of essays investigating the
intricacies and profound power of human language. Tammet goes back
in time to explore the numeric language of his autistic childhood;
he looks at the music and patterns that words make, and how
languages evolve and are translated. He meets one of the world's
most accomplished lip readers in Canada, learns how endangered
languages like Manx are being revived and corresponds with native
speakers of Esperanto in their mother tongue. He studies the
grammar of the telephone, contemplates the significance of
disappearing dialects, and also asks: will chatbots ever manage to
convince us that they are human? From the art of translation to the
lyricism of sign language, Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing is
a fascinating journey through the world of words, letters, stories
and meanings, and an extraordinary testament to the stunning range
of Tammet's literary and polyglot talents.
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