TY  - GEN
N2  - 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. The Author Hans Giessen is a double habilitated professor and affiliated with the University of Helsinki (Finland), Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland), and Saarland University in Saarbrücken (Germany). He was knighted, as a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite, by the French president. His works have been translated into several languages.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-658-42865-5
DO  - doi
AB  - 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. The Author Hans Giessen is a double habilitated professor and affiliated with the University of Helsinki (Finland), Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Poland), and Saarland University in Saarbrücken (Germany). He was knighted, as a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite, by the French president. His works have been translated into several languages.
T1  - Johannes Gutenberg and the shadow of Bi Sheng :how language developed. Why writing developed in China -- and printing in Europe. And whether that can tell us anything for the future /
AU  - Giessen, Hans,
CN  - P41
ID  - 1482519
KW  - Langage et histoire.
KW  - Imprimerie
KW  - Écriture
KW  - Langage et langues
KW  - Language and history.
KW  - Printing
KW  - Writing
KW  - Language and languages
SN  - 9783658428655
SN  - 3658428651
TI  - Johannes Gutenberg and the shadow of Bi Sheng :how language developed. Why writing developed in China -- and printing in Europe. And whether that can tell us anything for the future /
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