Mario Pei

Voices of Man

The Meaning and Function of Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1964, this book examines where and how the pattern and texture of speech emerged and whether language is logical.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 174g
• ISBN-13: 9781032181394
• ISBN-10: 1032181397
• Artikelnr.: 69032592

Autorenporträt

Mario Pei was Professor of Romance Philology at Columbia University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Brief History of Linguistics 1. The Origin and Nature of
Language 2. Logic and Universality in Language 3. Law or Free Choice? 4.
Monogenesis or Polygenesis? 5. Language, Race, Nationality and Religion 6.
Classification 7. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Comparative Method 8.
Descriptivism vs Historicism 9. Linguistics: A Physical or Social Science ?
10. Esthetics in Language 11. Languages in Contact 12. Meaning in Language
13. Authority vs Usage 14. The Spoken vs. the Written Language 15. The
International Language.