History of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Language write by Steven Roger Fischer. This book was released on 2004-10-03. History of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer begins his book with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of "language" might be applied. As he 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, Fischer analyses the emergence of language as a science and its development as a written form. He considers the rise of pidgin, creole, jargon and slang, as well as the effects radio and television, propaganda, advertising and the media are having on language today. Looking to the future, he shows how electronic media will continue to reshape and re-invent the ways in which we communicate. "[a] delightful and unexpectedly accessible book ... a virtuoso tour of the linguistic world."—The Economist "... few who read this remarkable study will regard language in quite the same way again."—The Good Book Guide
Language History
Language History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language History write by Andrew L. Sihler. This book was released on 2000. Language History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This classroom-tested volume aspires to be a brief but technically and factually accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. Whether studied as prime subject or as background information, it should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie the contents of their handbooks and etymological dictionaries.This book should be a useful guide for anyone unfamiliar with (historical) linguistics who is studying the history of a language, and also for those who are enrolled in courses devoted to reading texts in old languages.
The Social History of Language
The Social History of Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social History of Language write by Peter Burke. This book was released on 1987-10-22. The Social History of Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.
A History of Language Philosophies
A History of Language Philosophies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Language Philosophies write by Lia Formigari. This book was released on 2004. A History of Language Philosophies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role.An introductory chapter reviews the epistemological areas that converge into, or contribute to, language philosophy, and discusses their methods, relations, and goals. In this context, the status of language philosophy is discussed in its relation to the sciences and the arts of language. Each chapter is followed by a list of suggested readings that refer the reader to the final bibliography."About the author" Lia Formigari, Professor Emeritus at University of Rome, La Sapienza. Her publications include: "Language and Experience in XVIIth-century British Philosophy." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1988; "Signs, Science and Politics. Philosophies of Language in Europe 1700 1830." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1993; "La semiotique empiriste face au kantisme." Liege: Mardaga, 1994.
Concise History of the Language Sciences
Concise History of the Language Sciences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Concise History of the Language Sciences write by E.F.K. Koerner. This book was released on 2014-06-28. Concise History of the Language Sciences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents in a single volume a comprehensive history of the language sciences, from ancient times through to the twentieth century. While there has been a concentration on those traditions that have the greatest international relevance, a particular effort has been made to go beyond traditional Eurocentric accounts, and to cover a broad geographical spread. For the twentieth century a section has been devoted to the various trends, schools, and theoretical framework developed in Europe, North America and Australasia over the past seventy years. There has also been a concentration on those approaches in linguistic theory which can be expected to have some direct relevance to work being done at the beginning of the twenty-first century or those of which a knowledge is needed for the full understanding of the history of linguistic sciences through the last half of this century. The last section of this book reviews the applications of some of these findings. Based on the foundation provided by the award winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics this volume provides an excellent focal point of reference for anyone interested in the history of the language sciences.
