The History of Languages: An Introduction

by Tore Janson

Book Overview

This is an introduction to the history of languages, from the distant past to a glimpse at what languages may be like in the distant future. It looks at how languages arise, change, and ultimately vanish, and what lies behind their different destinies. What happens to languages, he argues, has
to do with what happens to the people who use them, and what happens to people, individually and collectively, is affected by the languages they speak.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199604290
• ISBN13: 9780199604296
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"