The History of Languages: An Introduction (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)

by ToreJanson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $35.76

  An introduction to the history of languages, from distant past to distant future, looking at how languages arise, change, and die, and showing how the histories of peoples and languages are closely connected. It mixes chapters on general processes with accounts of specific languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Greek, Latin, and English.