The Power Of Babel - Couverture rigide

McWhorter, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434007897 ISBN 13 : 9780434007899

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.

Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter introduces us to 'the natural history of language': from Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers to an Australian Aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Witty, brilliant and authoritative, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in language, as sheerly enjoyable as non-fiction gets.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0434007897
• ISBN 13: 9780434007899
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336