On Wednesday of this week, I was wandering through Whitcoulls, the local bookstore, when I stumbled upon A Book of Pure Awesome.
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| Said Book of Pure Awesome |
When I saw it on the shelf, my eyes widened and I blurted hysterically to the people I was with, "Look at this!" Except I cracked about three highs in that short sentence. Then I proceeded to remove the book from the shelf and immersed myself in its awesome.
Needless to say, I went home that day with another book, called How Language Works, to add to my collection. I've always been interested in linguistics and phonetics, but I've never actually taken the time to do much research on either. But this book is a great place for me to start, and so far it's fascinating.
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| Look, it even has diagrams! |
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| More diagrams! |
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| A family tree! |
Have you come across any Books of Pure Awesome lately?
I can guess how you feel. language is awesome when you really study it. I had to do a fair bit of research on it when I did my creative writing degree! And I was surprised and interested in the places the research took me.
ReplyDeleteIt's very interesting, yeah. I can't wait until I get to university, where I can actually take linguistics papers (and creative writing, of course)!
DeleteI took a course at LTUE about languages, and it was like a whole semester of linguistics packed into 4 hours. That class was an epic win for me--it totally helped me develop my book's languages to a much greater depth. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found such a good book on the subject! Lucky find!
Oh, I'm dreaming of the day when I can go to LTUE. At the moment, it's literally half the world away, but I would absolutely love to go within the next several years. It sounds so awesome.
DeleteTaking a class like that would be great!
Linguistics is so fascinating! The hows and whys of language production just amaze me. Good find!
ReplyDeleteI reckon! It's brilliant :D
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Some intriguing stuff here Nick. Well done.
ReplyDeleteIf you're interested in books to help with developing your fiction writing, I've compiled a list. These are books by well known writers, literary agents and writing teachers that I've seen recommended in various places on the net and in other books on writing, and have subsequently checked out and found useful.
Take a look here if you're interested:
http://writenowhow.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/books-on-novel-writing.html
Thanks again.
Hmmm. You've got me intrigued. It looks (from the illustrations) that it may approach language scientifically with brain scans and everything. I like nerdy stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteIt sure does, it's from quite a scientific point of view. It's really worth having a look at.
DeleteGood for you, Nick, for being interested in books like the one you've just discovered. I used to love reading about language and language acquisition and the brain.
ReplyDeleteYour parents are surely proud of you.
Sounds very interesting! I found The Right to Write
ReplyDeleteBy Julia Cameron to be pure awesome for writing inspiration.
Andrea
Hey Nick! I wish you posted more so I'm giving you a reason to post. I'm awarding you the Kreativ Blogger award. I know it's a pink award, but that's your fault for not posting. Check out the details over at my blog. http://inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-i-havent-posted-and-another-award.html
ReplyDelete~Sarah
Hahaha, thanks Sarah :) Actually, I was planning to post today anyway, for the first time in far too long. I've been kinda busy recently with procrastinating and school and things, but I'm going to get myself organised for June! Hopefully.
DeleteAnd as it happens, pink awards are awesome. I think I'll have to claim it next Thursday :) Thanks!