Planet Word
Condition: Very Good
First Edition
Notes:
In a very good condition. Some creasing and a light stain to the dust jacket. See photos for more details.
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About this book:
From feral children to fairy-tale princesses, secrets codes, invented languages – even a language that was eaten! – Planet Word uncovers everything you didn’t know you needed to know about how language evolves. Learn the tricks to political propaganda, why we can talk but animals can’t, discover 3,000-year-old clay tablets that discussed beer and impotence and test yourself at textese – do you know your RMEs from your LOLs? Meet the 105-year-old man who invented modern-day Chinese and all but eradicated illiteracy, and find out why language caused the go-light in Japan to be blue. From the dusty scrolls of the past to the unknown digital future, and with (heart) the first graphic to enter the OED, are we already well on our way to a language without words?
Categories:
First Edition,
Non Fiction
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