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by Frederick Bodmer; Lancelot Thomas Hogben (Editor)

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It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages--Teutonic, Romance, Greek--helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a languages as it is actually used in everyday life.

But this book is more than a guide to foreign languages; it goes deep into the roots of all knowledge as it explores the history of speech. It lights up the dim pathways of prehistory and unfolds the story of the slow growth of human expression from the most primitive signs and sounds to the elaborate variations of the highest cultures. Without language no knowledge would be possible; here we see how language is at once the source and the reservoir of all we know.

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Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.

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  • Title The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages
  • Author Frederick Bodmer; Lancelot Thomas Hogben (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 720
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Publication date 1985-10-17
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780393300345 / 039330034X
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.3 x 5 x 1.9 in (18.54 x 12.70 x 4.83 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Language and languages, Second language acquisition
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85015222
  • Dewey Decimal Code 400
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