Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue Dinah Dunn Williams When a human falls victim

When a human falls victim

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Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue Dinah Dunn Williams When a human falls victimI am trying to learn, with my tongue, sounds that are unfamiliar to me. A foreign sounding word learned out of curiosity is not imitation per se. All of these things I learn leave traces that slowly grow to coexist with my accent. And that balancing act goes on changing indefinitely. How perfect that Yoko Tawada's first essay in English dives deep into her lifelong fascination with the possibilities opened up by cross hybridizing languages. Tawada