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This is a book about languages and the people who love them. Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used lan

Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used languages throughout history. She takes us from the earliest Mes

A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind’s greatest inv

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and lan

Thirteen personal accounts of endangered language preservation, plus a how-to guide for parents looking to do the same in their own home. Throughout the world i