tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869516171434734784.post2378856926612105389..comments2012-02-26T22:19:20.624+00:00Comments on Rose's Reading: Words are the daughters of earth, and [...] things are the sons of heavenRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03003099626849421938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869516171434734784.post-83339828467975487922012-02-26T22:19:20.624+00:002012-02-26T22:19:20.624+00:00Thanks for the hints Mrs S - my Dad's an ESOL ...Thanks for the hints Mrs S - my Dad's an ESOL teacher and always loved a bit of David Crystal, but your recommendation might prompt me to give him another chance. And I LOVE the idea of languages where the rules don't fit with our conceptions... thanks for the suggestionsRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003099626849421938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869516171434734784.post-84803792745377689682012-02-20T10:55:30.591+00:002012-02-20T10:55:30.591+00:00Oooh, if you like language books, I recommend Davi...Oooh, if you like language books, I recommend David Crystal, who is brilliant and provocative - 'The Fight for English' is a good'un, whether you agree with him or not, and his book on Shakespeare's English ('Think on my Words') is a great read. I also like his book, 'How to Listen to Your Child' - it's fascinating on the subject of language acquisition. <br /><br />On non-English languages, I've just finished reading 'Don't Sleep, there are Snakes', by Daniel Everett, which is a very interesting book about an Amazon language which seems to defy all the linguistic rules, and you might also like Mark Abley's 'Spoken Here' about endangered languages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com