The Search for the Perfect Language

 

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The Search for the Perfect Language


by Umberto Eco (Author)
James Fentress (Translator)

 

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ISBN: 9780006863786

 

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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.



 

ISBN 6863787
ISBN13 9780006863786
Publisher Fontana Press
Format Paperback
Publication date 10/07/1997
Pages 400
Weight (grammes) 280
Published in United Kingdom
Height (mm) 197
Width (mm) 130