Biting the Wax Tadpole: Misadventures of an Armchair Linguist by Elizabeth Little, Elizabeth Little
Biting the Wax Tadpole: Misadventures of an Armchair Linguist

Elizabeth Little, Elizabeth Little

Biting the Wax Tadpole: Misadventures of an Armchair Linguist

Elizabeth Little, Elizabeth Little

missing page info Add in missing page information first pub 2007 (editions)

funny informative reflective slow-paced
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What can Johnny Cash’s lyrics teach us about the little-known Tangut dialect? Is ‘tabernacle’ really a swear word in Quebecois? Which language has absolutely no verbs? What is Earth’s politest insult? And what is biting the wax tadpole actually a ...

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