Reads tagged with “language”
The Speech Chain: A Vintage Illustrated Guide to the Science of Language
A mid-century primer on how verbal messages progress from the mind of the speaker to the mind of the listener.
The Etymology of “Hangover”
What George Washington and coarse French fabric have to do with the language of drunkenness.
Words David Foster Wallace’s Mom Invented
Because language is a living organism and creativity the sum total of our life experience.
A Visual Alphabet-Dictionary of Unusual Words
A visual A-Z of the hidden treasures of language.
To Do: Gertrude Stein’s Posthumous Alphabet Book
“Don’t bother about the commas which aren’t there, read the words. Don’t worry about the sense that is there, read the words faster.”
The Fine Art of Italian Hand Gestures: A Vintage Visual Dictionary by Bruno Munari
A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.
Thoughtful Alphabets: Edward Gorey’s Lost Cryptic 26-Word Illustrated Stories
A delightfully dark journey into the love of language.
Susan Sontag on Aphorisms and the Commodification of Wisdom
“Aphoristic thinking is impatient thinking.”
We Got Merge: Noam Chomsky on the Cognitive Function that Made Language Evolve
“You got an operation that enables you to take mental objects … already constructed … and make bigger mental objects out of them.”
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