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Deutscher, Guy,

The unfolding of language : an evolutionary tour of mankind's greatest invention / Guy Deutscher. - 1st ed. - New York : Metropolitan Books/Holt, 2005. - 358 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.



Presents a comprehensive study of the development of language, and describes how language is formed and how it has evolved since earliest times.



ISBN: 0805079076

LCCN: 2004065607

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language and languages--Origin.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Linguistic change.
Semantics, Comparative.
Metaphor.
Order (Grammar)
Language and languages--Origin.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Linguistics.
Semantics.
Figures of speech.
Grammar.

Dewey Class. No.: 401