This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society. The human species

This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Balances

A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingu

The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what binds any community together and ma

Spanning Indigenous settings in Africa, the Americas, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Central Asia and the Nordic countries, this book examines the multifacete