Best lexicography books according to redditors
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best lexicography books. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best lexicography books. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Oh man, just really any kid's handwriting book that's large to get the muscle memory down. She had me do half of the cursive ones and the regular ones, like these, but I bet you could find printable versions somewhere: Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids: Jokes and Riddles https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539762017/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_U7NVBbN897SDT and Lots and Lots of Letter Tracing Practice! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1512260525/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_M-NVBb6TBC62A
https://www.amazon.com/Other-Wordly-words-strange-lovely-around-ebook/dp/B01J2DGWAW/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1517869204&sr=8-8&keywords=book+lovers+gifts
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https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Translation-Illustrated-Compendium-Untranslatable-ebook/dp/B00J6YBYGU/ref=pd_sim_351_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NBSS6W2HTA4KHFWH05K2
When it comes to the actual writing: http://www.amazon.com/Quack-This-Way-Wallace-Language/dp/0991118111
There's a book for that. Interesting read too.
Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Book Lovers , The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten, Other-Wordly: words both strange and lovely from around the world, not to mention a unabridged dictionary I have that is over a hundred years old.
As you have seen in the other responses there is indeed a large portion of lingusitics and anthropology and cognitve science and sociology devoted to how language has shaped cultures and vice versa . Indeed, there are many concepts for which some cultures have no words.
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Here's one list of some of the better known examples:
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https://www.rocketlanguages.com/blog/20-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-untranslatable-words/
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There are somr fun books about this topic
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They Have A Word for It
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Lost In Transalation
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Other Worldly
How about some of these: