language and languages

Study of the English language and what accounts for its success as the most widely spoken language in the history of humankind.

Studies the game of language and discusses how language affects emotions, why men and women speak different languages, what different types of word-play have in common, and other related topics.

A collection of autobiographical essays in which American author Scott Russell Sanders discusses his goals, concerns, and practices as they relate to the natural world and the human community.

A natural history of language written especially for the lay person, looking at how the nearly six thousand languages on Earth as of 2001 evolved from a single, original source some 150,000 years earlier, and discussing dialects, language extinction, and other topics.

Presents principles for teachers in ESL and EFL (English as a second or a foreign language) settings, covering such facets as contexts and orientations, learner-centered lessons, immediate meaning and purpose, social interaction, the four modes, first languages and cultures, and faith in the learner.

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the structure, origins, uses, and history of many of the world's major languages.

Surveys the language families of the world, lists principal languages spoken by country, and features a collection of passages from each of two hundred languages, followed by an English translation of the passage.

Contains lectures given by Bronowski on the role of science in the intellectual and moral life of man.