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<p class="null1">Blending the spirit of <i>Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves</i> with the science of <i>The Language Instinct</i>, an original inquiry into the development of that most essential-and mysterious-of human creations: Language</p> <p>Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of meaning?</p> <p>Drawing on recent groundbreaking discoveries in modern linguistics, Deutscher exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication, giving us fresh insight into how language emerges, evolves, and decays. He traces the evolution of linguistic complexity from an early "Me Tarzan" stage to such elaborate single-word constructions as the Turkish <i>sehirlilestiremediklerimizdensiniz</i> ("you are one of those whom we couldn't turn into a town dweller"). Arguing that destruction and creation in language are intimately entwined, Deutscher shows how

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Author

Guy Deutscher, Guy Deutscher

Publisher

Holt Paperbacks

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805079074

Category

history

Subjects

Language Learning, Fiction, Linguistics

Rating

4.18 / 5 (1,795 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13