Simon Pulleyn

The Secret Life of Language (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at how language has evolved around the globe from ancestral proto-languages to our recognisable modern tongues. It demonstrates how language has been shaped by social and cultural influences, and even explains how our anatomy affects the articulation, and therefore evolution, of words. Discover the surprising stories behind the
origin of the written word, the difficulties of decipherment and the challenge of inventing from scratch languages such as Dothraki.

Combining expert analysis with accessible narrative and fun illustrations, The Secret Life of Language makes even the complex topics of philology, morphology and phonology easy to understand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octopus
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788400978
• Artikelnr.: 53711694

Autorenporträt

Simon Pulleyn studied Latin and Ancient Greek at Oxford University, with a specialty in Indo-European Comparative Philology and General Linguistics. His PhD was on prayer in ancient Greek religion. He taught Classics at Oxford for almost a decade before taking up law, which he would come to teach.