Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language

by Daniel Tammet

Book Overview

A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language by the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.
Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks "talk" to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essays, Daniel Tammet answers these and many other questions about the intricacy and profound power of language.
In Every Word...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316353051
• ISBN13: 9780316353052
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"