When you have done this, it is important to have a small vocabulary of essential nouns, adjectives, and verbs ready for use. Other similar books teach you to learn any language, including those outside the Indo-European language family that share literally nothing with your native tongue, English. urn:lcp:loomoflanguage0000bodm:epub:f6693c7e-f0b5-451f-8b6c-9630f8ff5de2 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier loomoflanguage0000bodm Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0tr8m03r Invoice 1652 Isbn 039330034X Lccn 85015222 Ocr tesseract 5.

It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages-Teutonic, Romance, Greek-helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. The first part of the book starts with the history of human language and alphabets and leads into morphology and syntax of several languages, and ends with the classification of languages throughout the world. Learn to read languages with interlinear bilingual books that include the original language and an English translation below in a smaller font. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine, front and Back of the book with edge gilding. The third part of the book gives information on other languages in more detail, including non-Indo-European and constructed languages and leads into a discussion on language planning and a “true Interlingua” that would be “a passport to a wider international culture.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I really must take issue to comments saying that it is dated as it was first copyrighted, 1944, which was the year that I was copyrighted and I do not feel the least bit dated, thank you. The second part focuses on learning vocabulary (from the given lists) taking advantage of similarities among languages and sound shifts that cause predictable changes from one language to another. The Loom of Language helps learners avoid wasted time by explaining how things normally go for the various languages. You want a closer, albeit time-consuming, look at the languages surrounding you (and they'll always be "Euro-centric" wherever you live)?

The last part about language planning might be boring if you're not a linguist or don't share a curiosity for the subject. At one point, the author mentions that his only suggestion for learning Russian is to have been born in Russia and have grown up there. essentially function words) because they are the most common and least recognizable when they change cases. Anyways it's not the kind of book I can't read cover to cover but even a partial reading gives you a much better and more holistic sense of how language works.Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. So if, like me, you've had the experience of learning both, these statements will ring true and you can trust the other tips and ideas. He is best remembered for his many books for adults and children that attempted to make math and science available to popular audiences.