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Author : Victor Stevenson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Words, the Evolution of Western Languages written by Victor Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of the languages of Europe.
Author : Victor Stevenson
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ISBN 13 : 9781422351079
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The World of Words written by Victor Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fascinating story of words on the move. In narrative, maps & photographs, Stevenson brings alive the dynamic process by which language travels & reinvents itself through time, with success & failure along the way. He reveals the relationships between dozens of different languages. The book includes over 140 maps & photographs, with special maps that show who speaks what where. Chapters: vanished voices; the Indo-Aryans; the mystery of Basque; Greek; Celtic; the legacy of Latium; voices of the north; the Slavonic languages; the Baltic tongues; the outsiders; & Europe's national languages. Glossary.
Author : Victor Stevenson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Words written by Victor Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fascinating story of a much-travelled family, the languages of Europe. American and Russian, Latvian and Sicilian, Icelandic and Greek, now mutually incomprehensible tongues, all stem from an unwritten language that has long since disappeared. It is the story of war and peace among words, the success of some languages, the failure of others; of ideas exchanged, borrowed, given or simply appropriated; above all, of endless movement that has carried the descendants of that vanished language ot every continent of the world. This text shows how the rough-and-ready Latin of the Roman legionaries spread and developed inot some of the most elegant and widely travelled languages of the world; how its older and more studious neighbour, Greek, stayed at home, yet became a permanent influence upon the most modern of sciences; and how the crude speech of the ancient Germanic tribesmen evolved inot a range of closely related tongues, one of which, English, has become the nearest thing to a world language that has yet appeared. 'Words' also looks at the non-western languages of millions of people in, for example, Asia and the Middle East - among them Iranians, Afghanis, Baluchis, Bengalis, Napalis and Sinhalese - which reveal common antecedents with their European counterparts. There is mention too, of the close neighbours who are not related, of Finnish and Hungarian, whose languages originated among the hunters of the northern Asian forests; and of Basque, a language of northern Spain and southwestern France so old that is has so far baffled all attempts to explain its origins. With well-paced narrative, maps and photographs and over 1,000 ecxpamples of words on the move, 'Words' tells the enthralling story of western languages over the centuries, and looks at the family likenesses of vocabulary and idiom that link, however distantly, the vernaculars of Bolivian and Bulgarian, Romany and Romanian, Texan and Tuscan. There is a separate map section showing at a glance what tongues are spoken where, a useful glossary of technical terms, and a comprehensive index. For anyone who reads, travels, studies a foreign language, or is simply excited by words, this is essential, enlightening and enjoyable reading.
Author : John McWhorter
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627794735
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Words on the Move written by John McWhorter and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes -- and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it Language is always changing -- but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean “figuratively” rather than “by the letter,” or the way young people use LOL and like, or business jargon like What’s the ask? -- it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes. But the truth is different and a lot less scary, as John McWhorter shows in this delightful and eye-opening exploration of how English has always been in motion and continues to evolve today. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, he shows that these shifts are a natural process common to all languages, and that we should embrace and appreciate these changes, not condemn them. Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant “blessed”? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn? McWhorter encourages us to marvel at the dynamism and resilience of the English language, and his book offers a lively journey through which we discover that words are ever on the move and our lives are all the richer for it.
Author : Philippe Wolff
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Western Languages, AD 100-1500 written by Philippe Wolff and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Ostler
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062047353
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Empires of the Word written by Nicholas Ostler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. From the uncanny resilience of Chinese through twenty centuries of invasions to the engaging self-regard of Greek and to the struggles that gave birth to the languages of modern Europe, these epic achievements and more are brilliantly explored, as are the fascinating failures of once "universal" languages. A splendid, authoritative, and remarkable work, it demonstrates how the language history of the world eloquently reveals the real character of our planet's diverse peoples and prepares us for a linguistic future full of surprises.
Author : Carl J. Becker
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595327109
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book A Modern Theory of Language Evolution written by Carl J. Becker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discipline of linguistics is a perfect example of the limitations of the modern academy. The combination of social taboos that make certain subject matter unfit for general knowledge and discovery, and the ever-narrowing specialization of scientists leaves us with an intellectual institution that can no longer do anything but apply, repair, and justify the dogma of Victorian Cosmology that is the rule all must follow. Linguistics should be one of the most interesting subjects, considering it is the study of our most valuable and revealing cultural asset, language. However, recent publications from the linguistic department for public consumption have been some of the most trivial and boring intellectual expositions that have ever been put between two covers. Using the entire database of science, we look at the acquisition of language and how it forms our cultural perspective on life, including theories of language evolution. We develop the theory of the evolution of language from song, one of the few suppositions that Charles Darwin actually got right. From this basis we move on to the roots of Proto-Indo-European, which we call Bhear Tongue. Bhear Tongue is essentially the Eurasian language family dimly perceived by one of the greatest linguists of the twentieth century, Joseph Greenberg. From this perspective we can now retell the tribal stories from Iberia to Siberia, showing a common origin and motivation for human science and religion.
Author : William Henry Ferris
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The African Abroad, Or, His Evolution in Western Civilization written by William Henry Ferris and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Pyles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The English Language written by Thomas Pyles and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emil Reich
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book General History of Western Nations from 5000 B.C. to 1900 A.D. written by Emil Reich and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Merritt Ruhlen
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471159636
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Language written by Merritt Ruhlen and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1994 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ruhlen is a leader in the new attempt to unify the theory of language development and diffusion."––Library Journal "A powerful statement...also a wonderfully clear exposition of linguistic thinking about prehistory."––Anthropological Science One of the world's foremost language researchers takes readers step-by-step through the hotly contested evidence that all modern languages derive from one "mother tongue" once spoken by primitive humans in Africa. With The Origin of Language, Merritt Ruhlen makes this fascinating science accessible to readers with no linguistic background. MERRITT RUHLEN, PhD (Palo Alto, California) is the author of A Guide to the World's Languages
Author : Juan Francisco Fuentes
Publisher : Ed. Universidad de Cantabria
ISBN 13 : 8481028894
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Totalitarianisms: The Closed Society and Its Friends. A History of Crossed Languages written by Juan Francisco Fuentes and published by Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is striking that the main political concept coined by the century of democracy has been totalitarianism. Since its birth in fascist Italy in the 1920s, the term has made a long journey throughout different countries and periods. After representing the fascination for dictatorships during the interwar years, totalitarianism became a key concept of the ‘war of words’ waged between democracy and communism until the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was ‘a hot word for a Cold War’, as termed by the author of this book to convey the importance of this contest of crossed languages, which also included images, symbols and other forms of ‘senso-propaganda’. The Closed Society and Its Friendshighlights the role played by language in the building of a dystopian civilization conceived as an alternative to the open society created by liberalism. The book analyses the dimension of totalitarianisms, from fascism and Nazism to communism, as political religions with some common features, such as the cult of personality and the conception of society as a community of believers. This fascinating essay on the dark side of the 20th century ends with a disturbing epilogue: ‘Is totalitarianism back?’
Author : Victor Stevenson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780806939445
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The World of Words written by Victor Stevenson and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated history of Western languages, including specialized maps.
Author : Maggie Tallerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199541116
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution written by Maggie Tallerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field, including work in animal behaviour; anatomy, genetics and neurology; the prehistory of language; the development of our uniquely linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.
Author : Michael Heim
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300077469
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (774 download)
Download or read book Electric Language written by Michael Heim and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Michael Heim provides the first consistent philosophical basis for critically evaluating the impact of word processing on our use of and ideas about language. This edition includes a new foreword by David Gelernter, a new preface by the author, and an updated bibliography. "Not only important but seminal, on the cutting-edge, furrowing new conceptual territory."-Walter J. Ong, S.J. "A philosopher ponders how the word processor has affected language use and our ideas about it. Heim shrewdly updates a school of thought, associated with such thinkers as Walter Ong, that maintains all changes in writing technology tend to change the way we perceive the world. His argument that word processing leads to fragmented thinking should be addressed and debated."-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer "The arguments range over all of Western philosophy (and some Eastern as well), from the ancient Greeks to contemporary phenomenology. . . . Everyone who has used a word processor will find much to think about in Heim's ideas."-David Weinberger, Byte "Fascinating, clear, and well-done . . . stimulating and challenging."-Don Ihde, Philosophy and Rhetoric
Author : James Harvey Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to the History of Western Europe written by James Harvey Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Clark Ridpath
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Ridpath's Universal History written by John Clark Ridpath and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
