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Every word is a bird we teach to sing : encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language

text Every word is a bird we teach to sing : encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language

Tammet, Daniel

Summary
Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks 'talk' to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essays, Daniel Tammet answers these and many other questions about the int... Read more
Contents
Finding my voice -- The language teacher -- You are what you say -- A poet savant -- Cuecueiuca -- A clockwork language -- The man who was Friday -- Icelandic names -- Dead man talking -- An Englishman at l'Académie Française -- OuLiPo -- Talking ... Read more
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262 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 410 TAM in Adult Non-fiction Available

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