The power of Babel : a natural history of language /: a natural history of language. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John H. McWhorter.
• Other Names: McWhorter, John H
• Contents: The first language morphs into six thousand new ones -- The six thousand languages develop into clusters of sublanguages -- The thousands of dialects mix with one another -- Some languages are crushed to powder but rise again as new ones -- The thousands of dialects of thousands of languages all develop far beyond the call of duty -- Some languages get genetically altered and frozen -- Most of the world's languages went extinct -- Epilogue : "Extra, extra! The language of Adam and Eve.
• Publisher Details: London : Arrow
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 417.7; Linguistics -- History; Historical linguistics; Language spread; Historical linguistics; Language spread; Linguistics; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446472408
• Related ISBNs: 144647240X; 0099435241; 9780099435242
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.