Books by Arika Okrent
In the Land of Invented Languages
by Arika Okrent
People have been inventing languages for hundreds of years. The underlying story – which is a funny, sweet, and sad one – is that many people have felt that existing languages were bad for one reason or another.
Interviews where books by Arika Okrent were recommended
The best books on Language and the Mind, recommended by Lane Greene
Does the world look different in other languages? Are there words that cannot be translated? Is it OK to say disinterested when you mean uninterested? Lane Greene, who writes the Economist’s “Johnson” column on language, dispels some of the popular but misguided ideas many of us have about language.
