by Henriette Walter · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423998371
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«La aventura de las lenguas en Occidente» is the essay by Henriette Walter, published by Espasa in paperback (531 pages, in Spanish).
Henriette Walter traces the origin, history and geography of Western languages, from their roots to their expansion and transformation. The author combines linguistics, history and culture to show the relationships between languages and their influence on society, in an accessible work of popularisation.
Subtitled «Su origen, su historia y su geografía», it belongs to the Colección Espasa de la Lengua. Published in 1997, it includes a preface by André Martinet.
A popular work for readers interested in the history of languages, linguistics and the cultural legacy of the West.
Henriette Walter is a French linguist, emeritus professor of French at the University of Rennes 2, and director of the Phonology Laboratory at the École pratique des hautes études at the Sorbonne. She is known for both her specialized academic work and her popular linguistics publications.
