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ISBN
9781785787379
Publication Year
2021
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
The Babel Message: a Love Letter to Language
Item Height
204mm
Author
Keith Kahn-Harris
Publisher
Icon Books LTD
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
397g
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside Kinder Surprise eggs: WARNING, read and keep: Toy not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts might be swallowed or inhaled. On a tiny sheet of paper, this message is translated into dozens of languages - the world boiled down to a multilingual essence. Inspired by this, the author asks: what makes 'a language'? With the help of the international community of language geeks, he shows us what the message looks like in Ancient Sumerian, Zulu, Cornish, Klingon - and many more. Along the way he considers why Hungarian writing looks angry, how to make up your own language, and the meaning of the heavy metal umlaut. Overturning the Babel myth, he argues that the messy diversity of language shouldn't be a source of conflict, but of collective wonder. This is a book about hope, a love letter to language.

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Icon Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781785787379
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Book Title
The Babel Message: a Love Letter to Language
Author
Keith Kahn-Harris
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Item Height
204mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
397g

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Keith Kahn-Harris
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United Kingdom

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