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The first book on the interrelation of the development of language, writing, printing, technological progress
A cross-disciplinary study
Human development from the point of view of language
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Without language, not much else would exist: no writing, no computer – as a matter of fact, no technical or medical progress that make our lives less painful, and easier indeed; but also not some horrors that characterize our world. In fact, language is what defines humans and distinguishes them from other living beings – and is the basis of all other developments. How is it possible that something as complex and fascinating as 'language' has come into being at all? How does language 'work'? And how did it develop? What is common to all languages – and why are there so many? Further questions are how man began to write, and how printing developed – in which languages? Why not in any language? And does this teach us anything for further developments? In trying to answer these and other questions, we experience an exciting history of scientific research.
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Book Title: Johannes Gutenberg and the Shadow of Bi Sheng
Book Subtitle: How Language Developed. Why Writing Developed in China – and Printing in Europe. And Whether That Can Tell Us Anything for the Future.
Authors: Hans Giessen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42865-5
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-42864-8Published: 13 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-42865-5Published: 12 October 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 124
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: European History, History of China, Asian Languages, Language History