Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.
| ISBN: | 9780713678413 |
| Publication date: | 20th February 2006 |
| Author: | Andrew Dalby |
| Publisher: | A. & C. Black Publishers an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 734 pages |
| Genres: |
Encyclopaedias and reference works |
Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.
Dictionary of Languages features in the following genres: Encyclopaedias and reference works
Dictionary of Languages is available in Paperback
Dictionary of Languages was written by Andrew Dalby and published by A. & C. Black Publishers an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Dictionary of Languages has 734 pages