Although I've gone much farther in my study of languages and of linguistics, this book will remain dear to my heart forever. The first two-thirds of the book was an incredibly in-depth analysis of the syntax of Romance and Germanic languages, especially as they apply to English.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You will not approach the mastery of any languages with this book, nor have the tools to create a plan to, either.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. The English language is a mongrel, consisting of 29% Norman French vocab grafted onto German grammar, with an incredible 9% of our vocab coming from Greek as well. Despite learning a language being much more than mastering the grammar, understanding better the grammar also helps, and tracing similarities makes it easier.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN COLOR OF LEATHER RED, GREEN, BLUE, MAGENTA, TAN, DEEP BROWN, BLACK WITH DIFFERENT COLOR LABELS. In Mathematics for a Million (1936) and Science for a Citizen (1938), Hogben offered adult readers detailed and readable texts on difficult subjects.Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. The Loom of Language helps learners avoid wasted time by explaining how things normally go for the various languages. The book explains why these shifts happen, why French and English have hundreds of common words like this, and how to learn them without any mental strain. I come back to this book year after year to read new chapters and refresh myself on those I've already read. The other, the second part, is the most intelligent discussion yet published of the problems of constructing a synthetic or artificial language.