A History of Language
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| Management number | 237095500 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | $6.95 | Model Number | 237095500 | ||
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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 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. 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. Originally published in 1999, this new format edition, which includes a new preface by the author, also shows how digital media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate. Read more
| ASIN | B07F46JH6K |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1780239460 |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.8 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 240 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | June 29, 2018 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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