検索キーワード： 言語学

Brought to you by Penguin. In Future Words, Dominique Chen invites readers into a life shaped by multiple languages, cultures and disciplines. Born in Tokyo, Chen grew up moving between Japan, France and the United States, speaking several languages in overlapping ways. Here his journey – from...

From the bestselling author of the classic You Just Don't Understand, an exploration of how apologies can make or break our relationships with others Why do some apologies heal while others inflame? Why do some people resist saying “I’m sorry,” and others can’t stop? Drawing on decades...

Coded messages, hidden carvings, ciphered pendants: what if the secrets of the women of Renaissance England are hidden in plain sight? Now celebrated as an artistic and literary golden age, the Renaissance was more complicated—and turbulent—than we remember, especially for women. Royals vied...

A brilliant examination of history and language that explains why AI, for all of its wonders, cannot truly speak. For all of history, the only creature on earth that could speak was man. Then suddenly, with the dawn of artificial intelligence, a machine could talk back. AI seems to do the very...

A riveting, immersive, and puzzle-packed journey through the decoding of ancient languages, unlocking the hidden secrets of human history. In 1799, a lieutenant in the Napoleon’s army accidentally stumbled upon an engraved rock near the Egyptian port city of Rosetta. On the face of the massive...

For four hundred years, Americans have been told to watch their language. For four hundred years, they haven’t listened. From Puritan colonies where blasphemy could earn you a whipping to Civil War camps, jazz clubs, comedy stages, rock festivals, rap lyrics, and presidential politics...

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A rollicking, beautifully illustrated adventure through the history of the English language—from social media star Olivia Swarthout English is, by many measures, the largest language in the world—and doubtless the unruliest. Over the last millennium, we’ve borrowed, stolen, conquered, and...

'A remarkable uncovering of hidden treasures' IAN McMILLAN, presenter of The Verb An immersive journey into the art of decipherment and the lost past that emerges when ancient scripts are brought back to life For centuries, the world’s earliest writing stood unread. Only through the work of...

Dans un monde où la science flirte avec la magie, "L'Ève future" nous plonge dans une exploration fascinante des limites de l'innovation humaine. Le célèbre inventeur américain, M. Edison, surnommé le "Magicien du Siècle", se lance dans une entreprise audacieuse : créer une femme artificielle qui pourrait rivaliser avec la beauté et l'esprit de l'originale.

A powerful, patriarchy-defying manifesto that will transform your relationship to saying “no”—from the award-winning writer, founder of Jezebel, and former New York Times "Work Friend" advice columnist When was the last time you said “no”? Not, I don’t think so, or maybe, or let me...

Mehrsprachigkeit ist nützlich, aber vor allem ein Geschenk Mehrsprachigkeit gehört zu den Geschenken, deren Wert kaum hoch genug eingeschätzt werden kann – die sowohl nützlich, emotional, persönlich, vielseitig einsetzbar, individuell und mit keinem Geld der Welt zu bezahlen sind. Viele...

日本語に主語は重要か？ 「は」と「が」はどこが違う？ なぜ自動詞が多用されるのか？ 受身文に秘められた日本人の世界観とは？……学校では教えられない日本語の知られざる姿をわかりやすく紹介する一冊。

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Abstract Language: Learning to Speak the Infinite , is for anyone who feels that ordinary language is too limited to capture the depth of their experience. It is for writers, artists, architects, spiritual seekers, poets, teachers, designers, and...

An urgent, globe-spanning exploration of languages at risk, from Kichwa to Ukrainian, that asks: What do we lose—culturally, politically, and personally—when a language is silenced? “A vivid, hopeful portrait of how people around the world are staying connected to their linguistic roots...

女子力、加齢臭、草食男子、婚活、美魔女、おひとりさま、イクメン、インスタ映え……。これら、どこからともなく現れて一般化した造語を、著者は「社会記号」と呼ぶ。そして、それは世界の見え方を一変させ、マーケットを支配していくという。

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 🇸🇦 ¡Aprender árabe se ha vuelto fácil – en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar! 😴🚗🚶‍♂️💪 Con “Aprender árabe mientras duermes – 1000 verbos y adjetivos”, puedes aprender árabe de forma natural y sin estrés, ya...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 🇸🇦 ¡Aprender árabe se ha vuelto fácil – en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar! 😴🚗🚶‍♂️💪 Con “Aprender árabe mientras duermes – 1000 sustantivos importantes”, puedes aprender árabe de forma natural y sin estrés...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 🇸🇦 ¡Aprender árabe se ha vuelto fácil – en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar! 😴🚗🚶‍♂️💪 Con “Aprender árabe mientras duermes – 1000 frases para principiantes”, puedes aprender árabe de forma natural y sin estrés...

"O que há num nome?". A pergunta de Julieta a Romeu funda a questão que intriga o escritor e ator Gregorio Duvivier: por que será que certas palavras são mais perfumosas que outras? Por que algumas têm um som mais estridente e pontiagudo, e outras um ar mais arredondado? As coisas existem sem seus nomes, ou é impossível separar uma coisa da outra? Nessa declaração de amor à língua portuguesa, o autor mostra como as palavras que usamos todo dia podem ser surpreendentes quando olhadas sob uma nova perspectiva.