Language: A Linguistic Introduction to Histroy

ISBN-13: 9780710308573 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 408 str.

J. Vendryes

Opis

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Introduction to History; Preface; The Origin of Language; Part 1 Sounds; Chapter 1 The Sound Mechanisms; Chapter 2 Phonetic Systems and Their Transformations; Chapter 3 The Phonetic Word and the Verbal Image; Part 2 Grammar; Chapter 4 Words and Morphemes; Chapter 5 The Grammatical Categories; Chapter 6 Different Kinds of Words; Chapter 7 Affective Language; Chapter 8 Morphological Mutations; Part 3 Vocabulary; Chapter 9 The Nature and Extent of Vocabularies; Chapter 10 How the Meaning of Words is Modified; Chapter 11 How the Terms that Express Ideas are Changed; Part 4 The Structure of Languages; Chapter 12 Language and Languages; Chapter 13 Dialects and Specialized Languages; Chapter 14 Standard or Common Languages; Chapter 15 The Mutual Influence of Languages; Chapter 16 The Relationship Between Languages, and the Comparative Method; Part 5 Writing; Chapter 17 Origin and Development of Writing; Chapter 18 The Written Language and its Spelling; con The Progress of Language Appendix;

O autorze

J. Vendryes