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The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many LanguagesBut 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
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/1985
ISBN: 9780393300345
Pages: 720
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.00w x 1.90d
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Will Make you Cry
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Many tears.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
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New book was used!!
Format: Hardcover
Received a used book instead of a new book, which i had ordered. Had to return it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
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Came damaged
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Book came damaged but I needed it for class so didn’t have time to try to exchange it. For nearly $300 I expect an new item to be in perfect condition!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2023
★★★★★ 1
Good textbook
Format: Hardcover
Good textbook, but seller lied about the online code not being used (it very clearly was).
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2025
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The book was needed for class. The book was as described and arrived timely.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2025