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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.
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The History of Languages, Tore Janson
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- The History of Languages
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tore Janson
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0199604290
- ISBN13
- 9780199604296
- Description
- 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.