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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: Perple_ing Le_ical Patterns to Unmi_ and Ve_ing Synta_ to Outfo_
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Overview
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Calling all puzzlers: Alex Bellos is here to make (and possibly ruin) your day with 100 pattern-finding and codebreaking challenges based on world languages We begin in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting: boru niko = two balls
tsuna nihon = two ropes
uma nito = two horses
kami nimai = two sheets of paper ashi gohon = five legs
ringo goko = five apples
sara gomai = five plates
kaba goto = five hippos Now, how do the Japanese say "nine cucumbers"? a) kyuri kyuhon
b) kyuri kyuko
c) kyuri kyuhiki
d) kyuri kyuto Whether you are a crossword solver, a codebreaker, or a Scrabble addict, The Language Lover's Puzzle Book offers 100 next-level challenges like this one guaranteed to bother your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Bellos finds the intrigue--and the human element--in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented languages: from unusual alphabets and scripts, to local customs for telling the time and naming children. This is a bravura book of brainteasers and more--it's a celebration of the amazing diversity of world languages.
tsuna nihon = two ropes
uma nito = two horses
kami nimai = two sheets of paper ashi gohon = five legs
ringo goko = five apples
sara gomai = five plates
kaba goto = five hippos Now, how do the Japanese say "nine cucumbers"? a) kyuri kyuhon
b) kyuri kyuko
c) kyuri kyuhiki
d) kyuri kyuto Whether you are a crossword solver, a codebreaker, or a Scrabble addict, The Language Lover's Puzzle Book offers 100 next-level challenges like this one guaranteed to bother your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Bellos finds the intrigue--and the human element--in a dizzying array of ancient, modern, and even invented languages: from unusual alphabets and scripts, to local customs for telling the time and naming children. This is a bravura book of brainteasers and more--it's a celebration of the amazing diversity of world languages.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Bellos, Alex
- ISBN: 9781615198047
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.98 x 1.18
- Number Of Pages: 416
- Publication Year: 2021
Language:
English