Planet Word - The Story of Language from the Earliest Grunts to Twitter and Beyond

Uncovers everything you didn't know you needed to know about how language evolves. This title helps you: learn the tricks to political propaganda, why we can talk but animals can't, discover 3,000-year-old clay tablets that discussed beer and impotence and test yourself at textese - do you know your RMEs from your LOLs?

Product details

• Authors: J. P. Davidson, Stephen Fry
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780718157746
• ISBN: 978-0-7181-5774-6
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 39 mm
• Series: MICHAEL JOSEPH
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics