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The Seeds of Speech : Language Origin and Evolution

Jean Aitchison
Paperback - $42.95

Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsa ...

The English Language : A Historical Introduction

Charles Barber
Paperback - $39.95

Where does today's English come from? This book describes the nature of language and language change, and presents a history of the English language from prehistory to the present day, dealing with key topics such as grammar, pronunciation and semant ...

Studies in Words

C. S. Lewis
Paperback - $39.95

Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their ...

The English Languages

Tom McArthur
Paperback - $46.95

Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding each other. Despite the success of its standard form (or forms) in many countries, English is immensely diverse--probably more s ...