Trip of the Tongue : Cross-Country Travels in Search of America's Languages (Hardcover)

from JBD1

Elizabeth Little's Trip of the Tongue is an often-amusing travelogue through the languages of the continental U.S., as well as an important argument in favor of linguistic diversity and all that it brings to the nation's culture. At first I was somewhat frustrated by this book, thinking that Litt...

from bostonian71

A sort of travelogue mixed with amateur linguistic investigations. As someone who has way too many bits and pieces of French, Hebrew, etc. floating about in my head, I understand the fascination with languages, and I really appreciated learning more about the various communities in the U.S., part...

from bostonian71

A sort of travelogue mixed with amateur linguistic investigations. As someone who has way too many bits and pieces of French, Hebrew, etc. floating about in my head, I understand the fascination with languages, and I really appreciated learning more about the various communities in the U.S., part...

from debnance

I love travel narratives. I'm not happy if I haven't read a good travel narrative at least once a month. I am also fascinated with languages. I've been trying to learn Spanish for fifteen years now, I spent six months learning French before a trip to Paris, and I plan to learn Italian next summer...