by Charles Laurence Barber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330330480
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«The Story of Language» is an essay on historical linguistics by Charles Laurence Barber, published by Pan Books in paperback (294 pages, in English).
The book traces the evolution of human language from the earliest forms of sound-based communication to the establishment of the great language families. C. L. Barber focuses on the Indo-European branch and the development of English, illustrating each stage with fragments of prose and verse from Old English to Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Revised edition, published in 1972; the original appeared in 1964. Includes bibliography on pages 291-294.
For readers interested in the history of language, linguistics, and the evolution of English.
