A history of language /
A history of language / Steven Roger Fischer. - [Enhanced Credo edition] - 1 online resource (14 entries) : 12 images ; digital files.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Animal communication and "language" -- 2. Talking apes -- 3. First families -- 4. Written language -- 5. Lineages -- 6. Towards a science of language -- 7. Society and language -- 8. Future indicative.
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Steven Roger Fischer 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, as he analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781803162591
Sociolinguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Linguistic change.
Language and languages.
Electronic books.
P140 / .F57 2023eb
417.7