Rare Tongues - The secret stories of hidden languages

Rare Tongues is an enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world.

About the author

Lorna was born and grew up in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire. She has a PhD in Linguistics from Edinburgh as well as a BA and MA from the University of London. She's currently an Associate Professor at the University of Stirling but has worked at universities in London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Qatar, Monaco and France. Before going to University, Lorna worked as a professional dancer in Italy and the UK. She also worked in the City of London as an IT programme manager and consultant, for several years, and as a journalist. Together, with her husband Alan, she's lived and worked in Qatar, Spain, Italy and the UK, and before she was married, she lived in Austria and the Netherlands for a few months, as well as Paris and Helsinki for a year. She is childless and has written about the reasons for this in a recent book (Childless Voices, Granta). Lorna has four cats, a Bengal, a rescue Khau Manee and two adoptees from Dubai.

Summary

Rare Tongues is an enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Lorna Gibb, Gibb Lorna
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9781838951771
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-177-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 246 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 1 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Reference works, Language: reference & general, Language teaching and learning, Language: history and general works