Esperanto, Interlinguistics, and Planned Language, Volume 5 [Hardcover]

Humphrey Tonkin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761808477 | ISBN-13: 978-0761808473 | Publication Date: September 18, 1997 | Edition: 5

Contents: Humphrey Tonkin, Introduction; Detlev Blanke, The Term "Planned Language"; Pere Juli‡, Linguistic Theory and International Communication; David K. Jordan, Esperanto and Esperantism; Aleksandr Dulichenko, Esperanto: A Unique Model for General Linguistics; Humphrey Tonkin, One Hundred Years of Esperanto: A Survey; John Edwards and Lynn MacPherson, Views of Constructed Languages, With Special Reference to Esperanto; Klaus Schubert, Ausdruckskraft und Regelm‰ssigkeit: Was Esperanto f¸r automatische ‹bersetzung geeignet macht; Probal Dasgupta, Toward a Dialogue Between the Sociolinguistic Sciences and Esperanto Culture; Ralph L. Harry, Development of a Language for International Law: The Experience of Esperanto; Bernard Golden, Conservation of the Heritage of Volap¸k; Victor Sadler, Machine Translation Project Reaches Watershed; Istv·n Ertl and FranÁois Lo Jacomo, Umberto Eco, l'espÈranto et le plurilinguisme de l'avenir.
Co-published with the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems.

Editorial Reviews

Review

. . .a fascinating collection. . . (Modern Language Review )

Language Notes

Text: English, French, German

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America; 5 edition (September 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761808477
• ISBN-13: 978-0761808473
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
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