by Ruth Rocha, Octavio Paz · Aique. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789507012198
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«El hombre y la comunicación. El libro de los idiomas» is a work by Ruth Rocha and Octavio Paz, published by Aique in paperback (31 pages, in Spanish).
The work asks why humanity does not share a single language and reviews the origin and evolution of languages. It addresses what the first words might have been, which are the most spoken languages, and how many languages have existed. It also analyzes the influence of wars on their spread and the presence of globally used terms.
The work was published in 1994.
An educational work, intended for readers interested in language and the diversity of languages.
Ruth Machado Lousada Rocha, most known as Ruth Rocha is a Brazilian writer of children's books. Together with Lygia Bojunga, Ana Maria Machado and Eva Furnari she is one of the leading exponents of the new wave of Brazilian children's literature. Rocha graduated in political sociology at the University of São Paulo and postgraduated in Educational Orientation in the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She became a member of the Paulista Academy of Arts since October 25, 2007, occupying the chair 38.
