TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fischer,Steven R.
ED  - Credo Reference (Firm),
TI  - A history of language
SN  - 9781803162591
AV  - P140 .F57 2023eb
U1  - 417.7 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Reaktion Books
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Historical linguistics
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; Also available in print version
N2  - 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
UR  - https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/reakl?institutionId=135
ER  -