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8 Days to Unlocking Language

8 Days to Unlocking Language

Understand how language works

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Intrigued by the magic of language? Whether you want to use it better in writing, or to understand how you can learn another one—these Blinks will shed light on our relationship to language and how we can use it to transform ourselves.

8 Days to Unlocking Language

Understand how language works

Through the Language Glass
Through the Language Glass
Guy Deutscher
Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
20 min4.0
Talk Like TED
Talk Like TED
Carmine Gallo
The Nine Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds
21 min4.5
Fluent Forever
Fluent Forever
Gabriel Wyner
How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
17 min4.3
10 Days to Faster Reading
10 Days to Faster Reading
Abby Marks-Beale
Zip Through Books, Magazines, and Newspapers – Understand and Remember Everything You Read
14 min4.4
The Language Instinct
The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker
How the Mind Creates Language
23 min4.0
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster
A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
15 min4.1

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