Voices of man : the meaning and function of language
- Title
- Voices of man : the meaning and function of language / Mario Pei.
- Published by
- New York : Harper & Row, [1962]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xv, 138 pages; 20 cm.
- Series statement
- World perspectives ; v. 29
- Uniform title
- World perspectives ; v. 29.
- Subject
- Contents
- A brief history of linguistics -- The origin and nature of language -- Logic and universality in language -- Law or free choice? -- Monogenesis or polygenesis? -- Language, race, nationality and religion -- Classification -- Advantages and disadvantages of the comparative method -- Descriptivism vs. historicism -- Linguistics: a physical or a social science? -- Esthetics in language -- Languages in contact -- Meaning in language -- Authority vs. usage -- The spoken vs. the written language -- The international language.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library