Ebook Info
- Published: 1965
- Number of pages:
- Format: PDF
- File Size: 56.09 MB
- Authors: Mario Pei
Description
From the dawn of time to the mid-twentieth century…Mario Pei discusses the formation and development of language – the weapon by which mankind has advanced from savagery to civilization. New features in this revised edition: -A new chapter on “SELF-DESIGNATION” discusses the names by which countries and people call themselves, as opposed to the names outsiders give them. -A new chapter on “LANGUAGE AND PSYCHOLOGY” covers one of the mysterious areas of language – the connection of words with the mental processes of both the individual and the social group. -Detailed discussion of such additional languages as Vietnamese and the African tongues. -New material on nonlinguistic systems of communication, such as gestural and symbolic language, and animal talk. -Most recent findings on the origin of language and how a child learns to speak. -Coverage of slang (American, British, foreign); underworld cant and professional jargons; government gobbledygook; the language of euphemism, politeness and insult brought up to date.
User’s Reviews
Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:
⭐I read this book off and on, wherever it opens and have for years. The writing is so good that that author could write the telephone book better. A pleasure to find again after a misplacement a few years ago.
⭐Will enjoy this book without end …. entertaining, educational, enlightening, and in great condition for the price !
⭐Very interesting and informative.
⭐A very complete and detailed history of languages describing how they are different and also the same.Intense reading for those who love languages.
⭐Very interesting – still reading
⭐So much detail and probably much superseded by new linguistic studies. Much of the info is dated. Didn’t finish.
⭐Excellent. A handbook for a scholar. 7 stars.
⭐anything he writes is great
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