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The book is still required reading at philological faculties today because it systematically connects language with literature and social context for the first time. It is written clearly, without ideological exclusivity, which was a rarity in 1990.
A direct, enjoyable and humorous read, and all of this is primarily thanks to the magic of storytelling - Nives Opačić tells a thousand and one stories about every word.
This book is a collection of unusual stories about the language, its grammatical structure and spelling. Here, the reader is not a mere recipient of grammar lessons, but an engaged participant in the exciting discovery of the essence of linguistic phenome
In this book you will find a wealth of illustrations and words that will surely delight the little ones and stimulate their imagination.
Words are like people: they are born, grow, travel, cross the borders of municipalities, provinces and states, adapt, change nationality and citizenship, reproduce, age and die, and – unlike people, similar to gods – they can also be resurrected.