Limits of Language: Almost Everything You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Language and LanguagesBattlebridge Publications, 2006 - 394 In what country are people the most polyglot? Can a word be used to mean the opposite of itself? Has there ever been a state with Esperanto as its official language? Can Koko the Gorilla handle human speech? How do deaf Japanese say 'condom'? What is the least useful dictionary ever produced? What is the world's smallest language? Does English have more words than other languages? Can words consist of consonants alone? Are there native speakers of Klingon? Which country has the most generous minority language policy? These and hundreds of other questions are answered in Limits of language, a dazzling collection of the most extreme and unusual facts about the languages of the world. Written for a very wide readership, this book will both entertain the general public and inform them about the vast array of phenomena that make languages so interesting yet so diverse, while defining for students and teachers the limits of linguistic variability. |
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Big and small languages | 55 |
Language history | 73 |
Written language | 93 |
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