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Synopsis:
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 languages as it is actually used in everyday life.About the Author: Frederick Bodmer is a distinguished Swiss philologist.
Title: The Loom of Language: An Approach to the ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: acceptable