A History of Language (Globalities) - Softcover

Fischer, Steven Roger

 
9781861890801: A History of Language (Globalities)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 186189080X ISBN 13: 9781861890801
Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2003

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.

"[a] delightful and unexpectedly accessible book ... a virtuoso tour of the linguistic world."—The Economist

"... few who read this remarkable study will regard language in quite the same way again."—The Good Book Guide

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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Verlag
Reaktion Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
186189080X
ISBN 13 
9781861890801
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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Weberstr. 67
Osnabrück
49084
Deutschland

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