A history of language / Steven Roger Fischer.
By: Fischer, Steven R [author.].
Contributor(s): Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (14 entries) : 12 images ; digital files.Content type: text | still image Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781803162591.Subject(s): Sociolinguistics | Historical linguistics | Linguistic change | Language and languagesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in print version.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
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