Speak :
Janson, Tore, 1936.
Speak : a short history of languages / Tore Janson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - 301 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
machine generated contents note: List of maor vi --List of tables vi --Preface vii --1. Languages Before History I --2. The Large Language groups 29 --3. Writing and the Egyptians 57 --4. Greek and the Greeks 69 --5. Latin and the Romans 89 --6. did Dante write in italian? 108 --7. From Germanic to Modern English 129 --8. The Era of National Languages 165 --9. Languages of europe and of the World 184 --10. How Languages are Born-or Made 202 --11. How Languages Disappear 232 --12. The heyday of English 251 --13. And Then? 267 --Suggestions for Further Reading 283 --Index 291.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
Open access.
0199263418
Historical linguistics.
Speak : a short history of languages / Tore Janson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - 301 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
machine generated contents note: List of maor vi --List of tables vi --Preface vii --1. Languages Before History I --2. The Large Language groups 29 --3. Writing and the Egyptians 57 --4. Greek and the Greeks 69 --5. Latin and the Romans 89 --6. did Dante write in italian? 108 --7. From Germanic to Modern English 129 --8. The Era of National Languages 165 --9. Languages of europe and of the World 184 --10. How Languages are Born-or Made 202 --11. How Languages Disappear 232 --12. The heyday of English 251 --13. And Then? 267 --Suggestions for Further Reading 283 --Index 291.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
Open access.
0199263418
Historical linguistics.