LINGUIST List 13.3357  Wed Dec 18 2002  Review: Historical Ling:
Janson (2002)  Editor for this issue: Terence Langendoen <>
1. Miguel.Rodriguez-Mondonedo, Janson (2002) Speak: A Short
History of Languages  Message 1: Janson (2002) Speak: A Short
History of Languages  Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 01:34:44 -0500
From: Miguel.Rodriguez-Mondonedo <> Subject: Janson (2002)
Speak: A Short History of Languages  Janson, Tore (2002) Speak:
A Short History of Languages. Oxford University Press,
viii+290pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-829978-8, $19.95.  Miguel
Rodriguez-Mondonedo, Department of Linguistics, University of
Connecticut  [An announcement of this book does not yet appear
in the LINGUIST List database. --Eds.]  This book is an overview
of the historical development of the languages from the point of
view of the social and political evolution of their speakers.
Given the author's amazing capability to synthesize, thirteen
small chapters are enough for such enterprise. In a very
illuminating way, the author explains the