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Lingo

Name: Lingo
Author: Gaston Dorren

A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Gaston Dorren

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Belletristik / Humor, Satire, Kabarett

Beschreibung

Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the peculiarities of its languages and dialects. Combining linguistics and cultural history, Gaston Dorren takes us on an intriguing tour of the continent, from Proto-Indo-European (the common ancestor of most European languages) to the rise and rise of English, via the complexities of Welsh plurals and Czech pronunciation. Along the way we learn why Esperanto will never catch on, how the language of William the Conqueror lives on in the Channel Islands and why Finnish is the easiest European language.

Surprising, witty and full of extraordinary facts, this book will change the way you think about the languages around you. Polyglot Gaston Dorren might even persuade you that English is like Chinese.

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Dorren has such a light touch and a brilliantly roving eye that every page is to be savoured, like a local delicacy. His book is a wonderful celebration of cultural as well as linguistic diversity.

s sleeper Christmas hit ... an amiable and entertaining examination of European languages in all their idiosyncratic glory.
This year'

s tour of the continent is a richly diverting exercise. He has something interesting to point out about nearly every topic ... brilliant.
Dorren'

s understanding and knowledge are awesome.
The depth and breadth of Dorren'

s very enlightening, and very well done
Gaston Dorren offers an excellent overview of Europe's languages ... It'

s linguistic landscape
Full of charm and pleasing detail ... [an] amusing tour of Europe'

re a lingophile or not.
I love this book. It's witty and informative, with a wealth of engaging comments on all things language-related on our continent ... highly amusing ... the book's mine of information, make[s] this a great seasonal stocking filler - whether you'

Full of odd linguistic facts ... fascinating

t praise it enough. If you ever wanted to know how exactly Finnish and Hungarian are related and how Turkish fits in, it is clearly explained here in two to three pages. And so is everything else you ever wanted to learn about European languages but were afraid to ask. Brilliant, witty, excellent!
I can'

s ability to flip with ease from jokes and surprising facts to the discussion of complex linguistic ideas ... For the sadly monoglot, <i>Lingo </i>is a wake-up call: a book that brims with joy at linguistic variety and invention, and reminds us what he - and we - are missing
Joyful ... <i>Lingo </i>is that rare thing: a book about language the manages to be both genuinely interesting and enormous fun. Particularly impressive is Dorren'

A new approach to understanding the world ... ideal for any cunning linguist.

Through sixty compelling stories about European linguistics, it tells us an impressive amount about Europe ... An entertaining, accessible guide.

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