Written in Stone: A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language - Hardcover

9781605989075: Written in Stone: A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
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A lively romp. Always enlightening and engaging. This is a delight for anyone who loves language in any form.

The history of English is fascinating and this is a delightful distraction from a more serious linguistic approach to the topic.

Offers fascinating insight. For example, they use the words 'ma' and 'pa' just as we do today.

A fascinating new book reveals how our ancient ancestors spoke. And you'll be astonished by how familiar it all sounds.

Written in Stone can be an enjoyable read for someone with a background in linguisitcs. Fun and light.
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Half the world’s population speaks a language that has evolved from a single, prehistoric mother tongue. A mother tongue first spoken in Stone Age times, on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago. It was so effective that it flourished for two thousand years. It was a language that spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today—the DNA of language.Written in Stone combines detective work, mythology, ancient history, archaeology, the roots of society, technology and warfare, and the sheer fascination of words to explore that original mother tongue, sketching the connections woven throughout the immense vocabulary of English—with some surprising results.In snappy, lively and often very funny chapters, it uncovers the most influential and important words used by our Neolithic ancestors, and shows how they are still in constant use today—the building blocks of all our most common words and phrases.

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  • VerlagPEGASUS BOOKS
  • Erscheinungsdatum2015
  • ISBN 10 160598907X
  • ISBN 13 9781605989075
  • EinbandTapa dura
  • Anzahl der Seiten272
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