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Linguistic Bits for Language Learners: How Language Works in Our Mouths and Minds
Many adults give up on language learning not because they lack ability, but because no one ever clearly explained how language works. This book changes that: amzn.to/4tY8Lfz
The author's photo
Polyglot or scammer? It's getting harder to tell. This author published a 300-page language course (with plans to publish more). Do you find their claims credible?
New: When Translation Was Essential: How language once held the world together — and why that role quietly changed amzn.to/3OlLRPw
Harlequin France is firing its human translators and replacing them with—welp, you guessed it. lithub.com/harlequin-is...
When AI misunderstands the assignment.
(Without context, it mistranslated the Spanish/French verbs subir/monter as "upload" instead of "do not climb up" - on the statue platform)
Speaking Spanish In The U.S.A.: amzn.to/4ksK4Eq
El Español de los Estados Unidos: amzn.to/4trYE2U
An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States: amzn.to/4tGJZ4e
Varieties of Spanish in the United States: amzn.to/4s0Czar
Check out Langston Hill’s new Japanese language learning books - The Japanese Language Manual Volumes 1 and 2:
Instagram post with the author: instagram.com/reel/DKMeFpo...
Book 1: amzn.to/3Mcv6We
(click READ SAMPLE to see sample pages)
Book 2: amzn.to/4q4F1v6
Diccionario de Colombianismos (amzn.to/3NCvWMy) - Beautiful 540-page book of Colombian Spanish slang #colombianslang #spanishslang
Her Land, Her Love. amzn.to/3Mclyuo Novel with story in English and dialogue in Navajo (with translation) from the author of the #Navajo language textbook Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah Rediscovering the Navajo Language
A feature of the Cherokee language that every language should adopt:
youtube.com/watch?v=vZcW...
Due to budget cuts, our translator is now a blender.
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds. "Astronaut" is a "star sailor". A thesaurus is quite literally a "treasure trove" of words. Why isn't English considered a Romance language if more than half of our vocabulary is Latin-derived?" amzn.to/49qgjjE
Brace Yourself for the AI Bubble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxB...
Her Story: tinyurl.com/mdabpnn8
Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Haas
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwab...
AI crashes out when you ask it to show you something that doesn't exist:
Fun gift idea for the language lover on your list: "The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles" amzn.to/49iCtnG
Why Q Needs You takes readers on a journey through the English alphabet, not just to share fun facts, but to reveal the alphabet's hidden mechanisms and inspire a newfound sense of wonder in this ancient tool. amzn.to/49icHzZ
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years!
Link to Book: amzn.to/3K84qoQ
Article about the dictionary: wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Over 5,000 new words including cold brew, farm-to-table, parklet, heat dome, rizz, gaslighting, telework, doggo
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)
Frankenstein translated into Huasteca Nahuatl by author of Nahuatl textbook #nahuatl
Link to Book: amzn.to/3X70kQI
Link to author's textbook: amzn.to/4oazG4v
How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words. "With half of our 7,000 languages due to disappear this century, linguicide is one of the most pressing cultural emergencies of our age." amzn.to/4pjKPRe
The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World amzn.to/3K8TW8m
A beautifully illustrated overview of the history of languages around the world, filled with maps, sidebars, and unusual facts that will satisfy curious kids (and language-loving adults)