The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages

by Frederick Bodmer

Book Overview

It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages--Teutonic, Romance, Greek--helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039330034X
• ISBN13: 9780393300345
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Essential, Classic, Simple

A great addition to any linguistic collection. Simply written and highly approachable for anyone to learn the mechanics of language beyond mere speech.