The Language Lover's Puzzle Book. Lexical Perplexities And Cracking Conundrums From Across The Globe

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Guardian Books
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 405 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: From the bestselling author of Alexs Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes. The Language Lovers Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language. Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children. Whether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind.

ISBN: 9781783352180