A History of Language (Globalities) - Softcover

Fischer, Steven Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186189080X ISBN 13: 9781861890801

Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2001

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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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: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 186189080X
• ISBN 13: 9781861890801
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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