Bibliograph

A history of language, Steven Roger Fischer

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A history of language, Steven Roger Fischer

Language

eng

Abstract

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

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of language

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1380598296

Responsibility statement

Steven Roger Fischer

Table Of Contents

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

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