On the Origin of Language

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Gottfried Herder

Book Overview

This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226730123
• ISBN13: 9780226730127
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1"