Speak : a short history of languages / Tore Janson.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 301 p. : maps ; 18 cmISBN: - 0199263418
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Main Campus Library | University of Eastern Africa, Baraton | P 140 .J36 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 57894 |
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.
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