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Originally Posted by WastingAsparagus
Yes, I definitely am interested in such topics. What is the book about mainly? I guess I could look up a summary about it, but what was the most interesting part of it for you?
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It all is interesting. The book is basically a guide on how to learn other languages based on knowledge of a language family’s grammar and syntax. It mainly discusses Proto Indo European languages. It compares English to Romance languages and others. I also learned about agglutination of English words ie the word none is a contraction of “no one”.
It was published in the 1940s so keep that in mind. But I haven’t read the whole book yet. I can tell you more afterward. It’s available on Amazon. I had to wait like a month to get mine.
Also a linguist I listen to a lot is John McWorter. If you are interested in the history of the English language a good podcast to look up is The History of English Podcast.