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EAN : 9782348055096
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A HISTORY OF LANGUAGES AND THOSE

Release date : 17/10/2019
Here is a unique, accessible number: 5,000 years of history, covering every region and culture. A reference work for whoever is interested in the evolution of languages and peoples.
Given the considerable number of languages (some 6,000 have been recorded to date), this work concentrates on those that have been sufficiently...
Here is a unique, accessible number: 5,000 years of history, covering every region and culture. A reference work for whoever is interested in the evolution of languages and peoples.
Given the considerable number of languages (some 6,000 have been recorded to date), this work concentrates on those that have been sufficiently documented for us to recount their history. The author identifies three major phases, then examines how they succeeded each other according to region. Initially, writing did not exist. Then it was only used by the elite. Finally, writing spread to almost everywhere.
Made up of modules, the book provides various itineraries. Readers can begin with a subject that interests them, then decide on their direction according to what piques their interest. A journey through time and space, an invitation to discovery, without neglecting the classics (Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, etc.), beginning with Sogdian, Bactrian, Mayan and Quechua, Javanese, Tagalog and other Melanesian pidgin languages, etc.
 
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EAN : 9782348055096
Shaping : EPUB3
DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
La Découverte