Linguaphile
A Life of Language Love
by Julie Sedivy
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Pub Date Oct 15 2024 | Archive Date Nov 15 2024
Description
A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.
If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, signed, understood, and misunderstood, in all its infinite glory. In this ingenious, lyrical exploration, Julie Sedivy draws on years of experience in the lab and a lifetime of linguistic love to bring the discoveries of linguistics home, to the place language itself lives: within the yearnings of the human heart and amid the complex social bonds that it makes possible.
Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love follows the path that language takes through a human life—from an infant’s first attempts at sense-making to the vulnerabilities and losses that accompany aging. As Sedivy shows, however, language and life are inextricable, and here she offers them together: a childish misunderstanding of her mother’s meaning reveals the difficulty of relating to other minds; frustration with “professional” communication styles exposes the labyrinth of standards that define success; the first signs of hearing loss lead to a meditation on society’s discomfort with physical and mental limitations.
Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny.
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Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780374601836 |
PRICE | $29.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 336 |
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Featured Reviews
A very impressive read ! Julie Sedivy is a true pedagogue, sucessfully interwining science knowledge with the richness of the language. The book is a must to read for anyone interested in linguistics. It is a unique reading experience. I regularly marvelled at how it is possible to combine the words and ideas in such a way to explain and demonstrate what is in fact how the language emerges and flows from our brain. Than you so much to the author and Netgalley to allow me to read an advanced copy. All opinions are mine.
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