Speak: A Short History of Languages by Tore Janson

Speak: A Short History of Languages

Tore Janson

312 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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This book is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of some languages and the fall of others, explaining why some survive and others die. It shows how languages change their sounds and meanings, and how the hi...

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