Название: Language Families of the World
Автор: John McWhorter
Издательство: The Great Courses
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 180
Размер: 31,1 Mb
Язык: English

Language, in its seemingly infinite variety, tells us who we are and where we come from. Many linguists believe that all of the world’s languages—over 7,000 currently—emerged from a single, prehistoric source. While experts have not yet been able to reproduce this proto-language, most of the world’s current languages can be traced to various language families that have branched and divided, spreading across the globe with migrating humans and evolving over time.