History and the Testimony of Language - California World History Library

This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical linguist of Africa, Ehret provides in-depth examples from the language phyla of Africa, arguing that his comprehensive treatment can be applied by linguistically trained historians and historical linguists working with any language and in any area of the world.

ISBN:	9780520262058
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	17 Dec 2010
DEWEY:	417.7096
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	304
Weight:	420g
Height:	229mm
Width:	154mm
Spine width:	16mm

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