How long does it take to read Language?
Leonard Bloomfield
Language by Leonard Bloomfield takes about 10 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 23 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1933. 566 pages, about 155,650 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
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Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general, Linguistics, Comparative and general Grammar, Taal, Taalwetenschap, Grammaire comparée et générale