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Re:Ask HN: Teach me something new by chopsuey5540 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @02:59AM (#31213996)
The book "The Unfolding of Language: the evolution of mankind's greatest invention" by Guy Deutscher explains this very well and has numerous examples. As a language noob, I found it fascinating!
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Re:Ask HN: Teach me something new by wrboyce on Saturday April 30, 2022 @05:22AM (#31214558)
Appreciate the book recommendation, I have read “Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages” by the same author and similarly found it fascinating.
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Re:Ask HN: Teach me something new by mikelevins on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:13AM (#31216217)
Another cool one is this:

https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Encyclopedia-Language-David...

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Re:Ask HN: Teach me something new by DavidSJ on Saturday April 30, 2022 @05:28AM (#31214587)
I second this recommendation.
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