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A delightful journey through the many fascinating aspects of language, its nature and use, its richness and variety and its deep commonalities, beginning with the simplest observations and reaching to the borders of inquiry, interleaved with striking illustrations from a wide variety of languages and illuminating the way with results from experimental, animal, and computational research. A wonderful experience. * Noam Chomsky * Entertaining and accessible. A handy introduction to a vexed debate on the infinite power of the finite mortal mind. * The Economist * I wish there were more linguistics professors bringing their A-game to a larger audience like this. * Superlinguo * A highly readable introduction to some of the big questions in linguistics. I'd recommend this lucid and engaging book to both the amateur language enthusiast and the beginning linguistics student. Adger writes w.ith true depth of understanding and generosity towards the broader field of linguistics. * Gretchen McCulloch * Language Unlimited is a must for any linguistic enthusiastic. * María Florencia Silva, Linguist List * Captivating. Adger makes the simple but profound observation that language is more than communication. * Kevin Berger, Nautilus *

Captivating. Adger makes the simple but profound observation that language is more than communication. * Kevin Berger, Nautilus * Language Unlimited is a must for any linguistic enthusiastic. * Maria Florencia Silva, Linguist List * A highly readable introduction to some of the big questions in linguistics. I'd recommend this lucid and engaging book to both the amateur language enthusiast and the beginning linguistics student. Adger writes w.ith true depth of understanding and generosity towards the broader field of linguistics. * Gretchen McCulloch * I wish there were more linguistics professors bringing their A-game to a larger audience like this. * Superlinguo * Entertaining and accessible. A handy introduction to a vexed debate on the infinite power of the finite mortal mind. * The Economist * A delightful journey through the many fascinating aspects of language, its nature and use, its richness and variety and its deep commonalities, beginning with the simplest observations and reaching to the borders of inquiry, interleaved with striking illustrations from a wide variety of languages and illuminating the way with results from experimental, animal, and computational research. A wonderful experience. * Noam Chomsky *

A delightful journey through the many fascinating aspects of language, its nature and use, its richness and variety and its deep commonalities, beginning with the simplest observations and reaching to the borders of inquiry, interleaved with striking illustrations from a wide variety of languages and illuminating the way with results from experimental, animal, and computational research. A wonderful experience. * Noam Chomsky * Entertaining and accessible. A handy introduction to a vexed debate on the infinite power of the finite mortal mind. * The Economist * I wish there were more linguistics professors bringing their A-game to a larger audience like this. * Superlinguo * A highly readable introduction to some of the big questions in linguistics. I'd recommend this lucid and engaging book to both the amateur language enthusiast and the beginning linguistics student. Adger writes w.ith true depth of understanding and generosity towards the broader field of linguistics. * Gretchen McCulloch * Language Unlimited is a must for any linguistic enthusiastic. * Mar'ia Florencia Silva, Linguist List * Captivating. Adger makes the simple but profound observation that language is more than communication. * Kevin Berger, Nautilus *

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David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, current President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, and inventor of the monsters' language for the ITV series Beowulf. His research has been reported on in New Scientist and The Conversation, and he has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 4, and Australia's DriveTime. His 25 years of teaching have taken him all over the world, including to the foothills of the Himalayas.

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