num_pages: 240
description: Steven Roger Fischer charts the history of language from the time of Homo erectus to the nineteenth century, analyzing the emergence of linguistics as a science and the development of language as a written form. He also investigates the rise of pidgin, jargon, slang, and dialectology, as well as literature and literacy_s relationship to language. Finally, he demonstrates the effects of the media on language today.
language: English
title: A History of Language
titlecomplete: A History of Language (Globalities)
genres: Anthropology, Language, History, Science, Reference, Linguistics, Nonfiction, Books About Books
ratings_count: 207
publisher: Reaktion Books