Pilgrim in the Palace of Words
A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth (16pt Large Print Edition)
Pilgrim in the Palace of Words is about language, about the words that splash and chatter across our tongues. Some six thousand languages are still spoken on the planet, and author Glenn Dixon - an expert is socio-linguistics and a tireless adventurer - travels to the Earth's four corners to explore the way these languages create and mould societies. As one philosopher said, languages are Houses of Being. After doing graduate work in linguistics, Dixon wanted to visit these houses or ''''palaces'''' himself - to stroll along their sidewalks, knock on their doors, and peek in their windows. He wanted to see what they were hiding in their base…
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- ISBN: 978-0-369-31469-7
- EAN: 9780369314697
- Produktnummer: 32529575
- Verlag: Readhowyouwant
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 624 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D3.3 cm 933 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 933
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Glenn Dixon has published travel articles in major publications such as National Geographic, the New York Post, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, and Psychology Today. An expert on language with an M.A. in socio-linguistics, he is currently a language consultant with the Calgary Board of Education. He lives in Calgary.
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