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Isabella, Jude.
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Language and languages -- Juvenile literature.
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Isabella, Jude.
Language and languages -- Juvenile literature.
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Chitchat : celebrating the world's languages / written by Jude Isabella ; illustrated by Kathy Boake.
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Isabella, Jude.
Kids Can Press, c2013.
Call #:
401
I74c
Subjects
Language and languages -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781554537877
1554537878
Description:
44 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Let's chitchat -- Speak up! -- Language is... -- How language came to be -- Talking in (genetic) code -- Language families -- The sky is...black -- Language extinction -- Languages in danger -- Saving languages -- How languages morph -- Where do words come from? -- Out with the old... -- ...and in with the new -- Slanguistics -- Invented languages -- Written language -- Which alphabet? -- Unspoken languages -- The last word -- Answers -- Glossary.
Summary:
This guide to language takes readers on a trip of the tongue, exploring how languages spoken, written and sign originate and change over time.
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Boake, Kathy.
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