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The Unfolding of Language：The Evolution of Mankind`s greatest Invention

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作者: 著
出版社: Arrow
2006-06
ISBN: 9780099460251
定价: 114.10
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 368页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>综合性图书
  • 'Languageismankind'sgreatestinventionuaexceptofcourse,thatitwasneverinvented.'SobeginsGuyDeutscher'senthrallinginvestigationintotheevolutionoflanguage.NoonebelievesthattheRomanSenatesatdownonedaytodesignthecomplexsystemthatisLatingrammar,andfewbelieve,thesedays,intheliteraltruthofthestoryoftheTowerofBabel.Butthenhowdidtherecometobesomanylanguages,andofsuchelaboratedesign?Ifwestartedoffwithrudimentaryutterancesonthelevelof'manthrowspear',howdidweendupwithsophisticatedgrammars,enormousvocabularies,andintricatelynuancedshadesofmeaning?Drawingonrecent,groundbreakingdiscoveriesinmodernlinguistics,Deutscherexposestheelusiveforcesofcreationatworkinhumancommunication.Alongtheway,welearnwhyGermanmaidensareneuterwhileGermanturnipsarefemale,whywehavefeetnotfoots,andhowgreatchangesofpronunciationmayresultfromsimplelaziness... Bornin1969,GuyDeutscherreadMathsatCambridgebeforedoinghisPhDinLinguistics.FormerlyaResearchFellowinHistoricalLinguisticsatStJohn'sCollege,Cambridge,heisnowattheDepartmentofAncientNearEasternLanguagesintheUniversityofLeiden.HelivesinAmsterdam.(20040315)
  • 内容简介:
    'Languageismankind'sgreatestinventionuaexceptofcourse,thatitwasneverinvented.'SobeginsGuyDeutscher'senthrallinginvestigationintotheevolutionoflanguage.NoonebelievesthattheRomanSenatesatdownonedaytodesignthecomplexsystemthatisLatingrammar,andfewbelieve,thesedays,intheliteraltruthofthestoryoftheTowerofBabel.Butthenhowdidtherecometobesomanylanguages,andofsuchelaboratedesign?Ifwestartedoffwithrudimentaryutterancesonthelevelof'manthrowspear',howdidweendupwithsophisticatedgrammars,enormousvocabularies,andintricatelynuancedshadesofmeaning?Drawingonrecent,groundbreakingdiscoveriesinmodernlinguistics,Deutscherexposestheelusiveforcesofcreationatworkinhumancommunication.Alongtheway,welearnwhyGermanmaidensareneuterwhileGermanturnipsarefemale,whywehavefeetnotfoots,andhowgreatchangesofpronunciationmayresultfromsimplelaziness...
  • 作者简介:
    Bornin1969,GuyDeutscherreadMathsatCambridgebeforedoinghisPhDinLinguistics.FormerlyaResearchFellowinHistoricalLinguisticsatStJohn'sCollege,Cambridge,heisnowattheDepartmentofAncientNearEasternLanguagesintheUniversityofLeiden.HelivesinAmsterdam.(20040315)
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