History of Language
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 1997
240 pages
978-1-86189-594-3 (ISBN)
Description
As he 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, Steven Roger Fischer analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form. He considers the rise of pidgin, creole, jargon and slang, as well as the effects radio and television, propaganda, advertising and the media are having on language today. Looking to the future, he shows how electronic media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate.
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Steven Roger Fischer
A History of Language
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09/2001
Reaktion Books
€38.51
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Steven Roger Fischer
A History of Language
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11/1999
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Person
Steven Roger Fischer is Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of Glyph-breaker (1997). A History of Language is part of Fischer's trilogy for Reaktion, which also includes A History of Writing and A History of Reading.
Content
- A History of Language Cover
- Imprint page
- Contents
- Preface
- 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
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Index
