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A history of language
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Title
A history of language / Steven Roger Fischer.
ISBN
9781803162591
1780239033
9781780239033
Edition
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Publication
London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (14 entries) : 12 images ; digital files.
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Summary
Steven Roger Fischer charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus, Neanderthal humans and Homo sapiens through to the nineteenth century, when the science of linguistics was developed, as he analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form.
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Credo reference.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 16, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Animal communication and "language"
2. Talking apes
3. First families
4. Written language
5. Lineages
6. Towards a science of language
7. Society and language
8. Future indicative.
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Electronic books.
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