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Speak: A Short History of Languages
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Tore Janson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-14 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This book is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of some languages and the fall of others, explaining why some survive
The History of Languages
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Tore Janson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Does not discuss the Semitic languages.
Speak : a Short History of Languages
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher:

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Speak is a life history of humankind's defining characteristic and most valuable asset." "Distinguished Swedish scholar Tore Janson takes the reader on a voyage
A Natural History of Latin
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Tore Janson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-25 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Beginning in Rome around 600 BC, Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for more than two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Rom
Through the Language Glass
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Guy Deutscher
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-31 - Publisher: Metropolitan Books

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A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and lan