Lost For Words
Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe
Alex Bellos
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ISBN: | 9781783352180 |
Publisher: | Guardian Faber Publishing |
Published: | 5 November, 2020 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Allen And Unwin |
Saving: | Saving: $54.55 or 76% |
Lost For Words
Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe
Alex Bellos
'Alex Bellos is a wizard.' - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language. Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children. Whether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind.
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