Every word is a bird we teach to sing : encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language
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Every word is a bird we teach to sing : encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language
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- Every word is a bird we teach to sing : encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language
- Title remainder
- encounters with the mysteries and meanings of language
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Tammet
- Language
- eng
- 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 intricacy and profound power of language. Tammet goes back in time to explore the numeric language of his autistic childhood; he looks at the music and patterns that words make, and how languages evolve and are translated. He meets one of the world's most accomplished lip readers in Canada, learns how endangered languages like Manx are being revived and corresponds with native speakers of Esperanto in their mother tongue. He studies the grammar of the telephone, contemplates the significance of disappearing dialects, and also asks: will chatbots ever manage to convince us that they are human? From the art of translation to the lyricism of sign language, "Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing" is a fascinating journey through the world of words, letters, stories and meanings, and an extraordinary testament to the stunning range of Tammet's literary and polyglot talents
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- YDX
- Dewey number
- 402
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- P107
- LC item number
- .T36 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
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