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The Unfolding of Language

An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Dec 14, 2017stephen_r_ferg rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is the perfect book for somebody (like me) who has no knowledge of linguistics, and who would like a good, readable introduction to the study of languages, especially how and why languages (spelling and pronunciation, words and grammar) change over time. The author's main point is that languages are constantly changing, constantly in motion, and the book is designed to tell us how that process of constant change works, and to show how in the past it has actually worked in different languages.