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''A delightful compendium'' - Evening Standard

Have you ever had a feeling that you couldn''t quite describe, because no English word exists for it?

Indeed, without such a word, it''s difficult to remember or understand the feeling, and to talk about it with other people. This applies to all aspects of life, but most of all to that most sought-after of feelings, happiness, where our ability to both experience and understand it is limited by the words at our disposal.

However, all is not lost. Even if English has not created a word for a specific feeling, another language probably has. These are known as ''untranslatable'' words, because they lack an exact equivalent in another language. By discovering and learning these words, the boundaries of our world expand accordingly. These words allow us to give voice to feelings that we''ve probably experienced, but have previously lacked the ability to conceptualise. They may even allow us to encoun

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a delightful book * Daily Mail *
[a] delightful compendium * Evening Standard *

The Happiness Dictionary

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 5 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780349417172
      978-0349417172
      ISBN-10 0349417172
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Language: history and general works Linguistics Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A delightful compendium'' - Evening Standard

      Have you ever had a feeling that you couldn''t quite describe, because no English word exists for it?

      Indeed, without such a word, it''s difficult to remember or understand the feeling, and to talk about it with other people. This applies to all aspects of life, but most of all to that most sought-after of feelings, happiness, where our ability to both experience and understand it is limited by the words at our disposal.

      However, all is not lost. Even if English has not created a word for a specific feeling, another language probably has. These are known as ''untranslatable'' words, because they lack an exact equivalent in another language. By discovering and learning these words, the boundaries of our world expand accordingly. These words allow us to give voice to feelings that we''ve probably experienced, but have previously lacked the ability to conceptualise. They may even allow us to encoun

      Trade Review
      a delightful book * Daily Mail *
      [a] delightful compendium * Evening Standard *

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