"Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey," said the linguist and polyglot Jakobson. In other words: it's possible to say anything in any language, but each language's grammar requires speakers to mark out certain parts of reality and not others, however unconsciously. This is the essence of what makes linguistics fascinating and revealing.
pickI‘ve wanted to read this for a long time so it was a great one for my #10BeforeTheEnd list this year. I really enjoyed it - three somewhat connected novellas set in NYC, revolving around investigative detectives and bizarre situations. I‘m not sure I could choose a favorite - they worked really well together and I never had any idea what was going to happen on the next page.
pickThis was fun. I love the setting and it was interesting to hear about Merry‘s old life coming to Rudolph.
When someone else is enthusiastic about a book:
But you have read it recently and are just "meh"....?
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from Annie Hall to
Annie Banks‘ mom, we will
miss you Ms. Keaton.
Always loved her, she was a great actress and had such a beautiful smile. She reminds me of my aunt. 💔
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Many were moved by the dream of creating or recreating a radical Jewish culture that was leftist, diasporic, and queer.
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Boris documented it all in real time in the haunting documentary Vu iz mayn heym? (Where Is My Home?), which is dedicated “in Memory of Bessarabian Jewry” and opens with a valedictory flip through the uniquely Bessarabian Jewish names in Kishinev phone book.
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I‘ve been reading this for a month & It will take me another month to finish because it‘s dense with information. However, as a teacher of students learning English I find it so interesting. This is about an organization in New York City documenting the 700+ languages spoken there, and also their attempt to save some languages that are going extinct by recording people and cataloging words and grammar.
👯♀️ I‘m reading this with my book club.
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