Speak : a short history of languages / Tore Janson.

Author/creator Janson, Tore, 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description301 pages : maps ; 18 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Languages before history -- The large language groups -- Writing and the Egyptians -- Greek and the Greeks -- Latin and the Romans -- Did Dante write in Italian? -- From Germanic to modern English -- The era of national languages -- Languages of Europe and of the world -- How languages are born--or made -- How languages disappear -- The heyday of English -- And then?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
LCCN 2002283631
ISBN0198299788

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks P140 .J36 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold