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Philippe Wolff
ISBN: 9781842122761
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Edition: New edition
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A brilliant historical survey of the development of language in the West, translated from the French by Frances Partridge.
When did men stop speaking Latin? How did the actions of society or religion influence vocabulary? What effect did the conquest of the Anglo-Saxon countries by William the Conqueror and his French-speaking knights have on language? Speech and writing play a fundamental part in man's activities. Social life is inconceivable without some system of signs enabling us to communicate with each other, and language is chief among these signs. From Cicero to Gutenberg, WESTERN LANGUAGES AD 100 - 1500 shows how it is impossible to claim any real understanding of the development of the West without knowing about the development of its languages.
| ISBN | 1842122762 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9781842122761
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Orion Publishing Co | | Weight (grammes) | 198 | | Imprint | Weidenfeld & Nicolson History | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 03 Jul 2003 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Library of Congress | P41 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 410 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | List of abbreviations | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 2 | | Remote origins | | 21 | | 3 | | The period of formation | | 42 | | 4 | | The Tower of Babel | | 80 | | 5 | | Crystallisation | | 104 | | 6 | | From Dante to Caxton, Luther and Nebrija | | 149 | | 7 | | Conclusion | | 180 | | | | Notes | | 188 | | | | Bibliography | | 189 | | | | Acknowledgments | | 193 | | | | Index | | 195 |
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