The Power Of Babel - Rilegato

McWhorter, John

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0434007897 ISBN 13: 9780434007899

Casa editrice: William Heinemann Ltd, 2002

Riassunto

In this work, the author shares his expertise as a linguist to introduce us to Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers in the summer, the ways in which Yiddish, a dialect of German, has been influenced by the grammar of Polish and a dialect of an Australian aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Along the way we learn how English absorbed French at two stages of its history, giving us Norman French warranty and the standard French guarantee, while Japanese has been infused with Chinese vocabulary at four distinct periods, and that Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are best regarded as three dialects of Scandinavian.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: William Heinemann Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0434007897
• ISBN 13: 9780434007899
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 336