A History of Language (Globalities) - Hardcover

Fischer, Steven Roger

 
9781861890511: A History of Language (Globalities)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1861890516 ISBN 13: 9781861890511
Verlag: Reaktion Books, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer begins his book with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of ‘language’ might be applied. 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, 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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steven Roger Fischer FRS is the author of many popular books including A History of Language (1999) and A History of Writing (2001), both published by Reaktion.

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Verlag
Reaktion Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1861890516
ISBN 13 
9781861890511
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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