The Origin and Diversification of Language

ISBN-13: 9780202308418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 372 str.

Morris Swadesh; Joel F. Sherzer; Dell Hymes

Opis

Morris Swadesh, one of this century's foremost scientifi c investigators of language, dedicated much of his life to the study of the origin and evolution of language. This volume, left nearly completed at his death and edited posthumously by Joel F. Sherzer, is his last major study of this diffi cult subject.

Spis treści

1: Language in Space and Time; 2: Modern World Languages; 3: The Genesis of Classic Languages; 4: Language Structure in the Early Local Stage; 5: Out of Animal Cries into Language; 6: The Origin of Vocabulary; 7: The Progress of Babel

O autorze

Morris Swadesh