Language: A Linguistic Introduction to History / Edition 1

by J. Vendryes

Overview

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:
* Prehistory and Historical Ethnography
Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00
* Greek Civilization
Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00
* Roman Civilization
Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00
* Eastern Civilizations
Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00
* Judaeo-Christian Civilization
Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00
* European Civilization
Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415155618
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/20/1997
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. Vendryes

Table of Contents

Introduction; The Origin of Language 1; I: Sounds; I: The Sound Mechanisms 1; II: Phonetic Systems and their Transformations; III: The Phonetic Word and the Verbal Image; II: Grammar; I: Words and Morphemes; II: The Grammatical Categories; III: Different Kinds of Words 1; IV: Affective Language; V: Morphological Mutations 1; III: Vocabulary; I: The Nature and Extent of Vocabularies 1; II: How the Meaning of Words is Modified 1; III: How the Terms that Express Ideas are Changed; IV: The Structure of Languages; I: Language and Languages; II: Dialects and Specialized Languages 1; III: Standard or Common Languages; IV: The Mutual Influence of Languages 1; V: The Relationship between Languages, and the Comparative Method 1; V: Writing; I: Origin and Development of Writing 1; II: The Written Language and Its Spelling; Conclusion; The Progress of Language