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The Search for the Perfect Language
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The Search for the Perfect Language

Umberto Eco
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From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was a perfect language, expressing all possible things, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants. This is an investigation into the history of this idea.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 October 1997
Pages
400
ISBN
9780006863786

From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was a perfect language, expressing all possible things, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants. This is an investigation into the history of this idea.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 October 1997
Pages
400
ISBN
9780006863786

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