The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages

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This is addressed to those who, when studying a foreign language, wish to have as wide and clear ideas as possible of what they are doing. UPDATE: Here are spreadsheets of the Romance Word List, Germanic Word List, and the Greek Roots List from the language museum. In Mathematics for a Million (1936) and Science for a Citizen (1938), Hogben offered adult readers detailed and readable texts on difficult subjects. Well suited for older people and laymen who are interested in languages and linguistics, but certainly not very technical or scientific. An excellent contrast between the table manners and the traffic rules of a language guides the presentation.

The last third was grandpa going on a rant, mischaracterizing several international languages, and dreaming up an international auxiliary language that would be more efficient than any other invented before. Whereas for German, the grammar is insanely difficult to get right, but once you know a word in German, you will be able to understand it when you hear it right away.We should, iiowever, remember that there is an excessively urgent need for a more widespread common second world language. A terceira parte comenta os projetos de línguas artificiais e a última traz lista de palavras para estudo. The other, the second part, is the most intelligent discussion yet published of the problems of constructing a synthetic or artificial language. Não é um livro para ser ‹‹lido››, mas estudado — é um livro de referência, porém a leitura é acessível aos leigos.

The first two-thirds of the book was an incredibly in-depth analysis of the syntax of Romance and Germanic languages, especially as they apply to English. Book divisions: Part one - The Natural History ofLlanguage, Part Two - Our Hybrid Heritage, Part Three - The World Language Problem, Part Four - Language Museum. His argument is that if a person learned the Latin and Greek vocabulary lists and all of the 500 word vocabulary lists of all of the languages he provides that a person could understand and make himself understood anywhere in Europe. Hogben's academic career included stints at universities in England, Scotland, Canada, South Africa, and Guyana.

Anyone who loves learning languages will certainly benefit from his practical advice on how to focus on a combination of important vocabulary and how to triangulate from what you already know into a mastery of virtually every major language in Europe. The book is a bit dated and exceptionally Eurocentric in terms of language used and general subject matter, but it is still admirably progressive is certain aspects.

While speaking English might be a disincentive to learn other languages, it can also be a great base to learn from due to its hybrid Germanic/Romantic vocabulary. I love the word dictionary at the back, and i would love to have the same but for phrases for select languages. Finally, he provides a vocabulary of 500 words for the major Romance languages and for the major Germanic languages.The book explains why these shifts happen, why French and English have hundreds of common words like this, and how to learn them without any mental strain. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Essa consciência é obtida através do estudo da evolução das línguas e da análise das peculiaridades do nosso próprio idioma. There are sections devoted to learning other Romance languages once you know your first one, I hope to make use of this someday! The Loom of Language helps learners avoid wasted time by explaining how things normally go for the various languages.Given that I would never say "I wash" but instead, "I'm washing myself", I lost trust in a lot of what the book said about the "advanced evolution of Anglo-American". If you want a book that goes into depth of how Teutonic (Germanic) and Romance languages are similar and different to English, this may be the book for you. I have been interested in languages since my big sister started learning her first foreign language and I realized there is such a thing.