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Country of Origin
United States
Type
Popular Science
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Intended Audience
Adults
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9781639732586
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1639732586
ISBN-13
9781639732586
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9070925670

Product Key Features

Book Title
Proto : How One Ancient Language Went Global
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
Publication Year
2025
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, Science, History
Author
Laura Spinney
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A compelling portrait of a people thought lost to time...a remarkable account of humanity's quest to rediscover its ancient origins, using modern methods to illuminate the world as it was before the advent of written history. For Ms. Spinney, this distant and obscure past holds lessons for the future, as the preservation and purity of language is increasingly a contemporary concern." --Michael Patrick Brady, Wall Street Journal "Beguiling and revelatory...Spinney is a stylish and erudite writer; it's the rare science book that quotes Keats, Seamus Heaney, and Ismail Kadare. She also has a keen sense of the romance of her subject." --Laura Miller, Slate "An impressive piece of work . . . Rewarding." --Dennis Duncan, Washington Post "Ancient Greek and Latin can't hold a candle to Proto-Indo-European as far as scope of influence is concerned. The latest from journalist Spinney aims to show just how great the impact of this little-remembered language still is." --John H. Maher, The Millions "The great leap in genetic analysis of late has meant that the story of how one language left the steppes of Ukraine and became the earth's dominant language family has become clearer and more exciting than ever before. Hooray for a book where the author's curiosity, diligence, and literary craft gets it all down in what will stand as the go-to source for a generation." -- John McWhorter, author of THE LANGUAGE HOAX "In this thought-provoking book Laura Spinney shows how recent advances in genetics and archaeological discoveries have thrown new light on the history of the Indo-European languages that a great part of the world now speaks ... A lively and fascinating account of how these languages split from their root, developed in different ways, mingled with each other, crossed tracks, flourished and died. I loved it!" -- David Bellos, author of IS THAT A FISH IN YOUR EAR? " Proto is a real detective story told with a compelling combination of academic rigour, human interest, vivid description, and personal biography. A tour de force." -- David Crystal, author of A DATE WITH LANGUAGE "Formidably researched but lightly written, I put down this book with the pleasurable sense that the world around me had become a little stranger and richer." --Helen Gordon, author of NOTES FROM DEEP TIME "Superb. With style and panache, Laura Spinney tells a truly extraordinary detective story." --Matt Ridley, author of THE EVOLUTION OF EVERYTHING "This beautifully researched and written book is about far more than language; it is a history of the world in microcosm, drawing together a diversity of subjects from genetics and religion to warfare and boozing. I highly recommend this wholly absorbing book." --Douglas Preston, author of #1 New York Times bestselling THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD "Spinney charts an extraordinary journey through human history with words as a compass. It is a sweeping story beautifully told. Profound and illuminating." --Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of BETWEEN TWO RIVERS "Journalist and novelist Spinney ( Pale Rider ) explains how a single language family spread across the world in this astute account. Combining the discoveries of linguists, archaeologists, and geneticists-"barbarians to each other" in their mutual unintelligibility-Spinney aims to take the most holistic approach yet to the topic...Impressively weaving raw data and disparate academic conjectures into a sweeping saga, this rivets." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), "[A] gripping account." --Wall Street Journal on Pale Rider "Spinney argues that almost a century later, the Spanish flu is 'still emerging from the shadows of the First World War' in our collective memories. She sets out to rectify this, knowing just which medical mysteries and haunting vignettes will give the pandemic full purchase on our imaginations." --New York Times Book Review on Pale Rider "Intensely readable." --The Awl
Dewey Decimal
410.9
Synopsis
"The story of how one language left the steppes of Ukraine and became the earth's dominant language family has become clearer and more exciting than ever before. Hooray for a book where the author's curiosity, diligence, and literary craft gets it all down in what will stand as the go-to source for a generation." - John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish-trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west. Its last speaker died thousands of years ago, yet Proto-Indo-European lives on in its myriad linguistic offspring and in some of our best loved works of literature, including Dante's Inferno and the Rig Veda , The Lord of the Rings and the love poetry of Rumi. How did this happen? Acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney set out to answer that question, retracing the Indo-European odyssey across continents and millennia. With her we travel the length of the steppe, navigating the Caucasus, the silk roads and the Hindu Kush. We retrace the epic journeys of nomads and monks, warriors and kings - the ancient peoples who carried these languages far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the scientists on a thrilling mission to retrieve the lost languages and their speakers: the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists who have reconstructed that ancient diaspora. What they have learned has profound implications for our modern world, because people and their languages are on the move again. Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words., "The story of how one language left the steppes of Ukraine and became the earth's dominant language family has become clearer and more exciting than ever before. Hooray for a book where the author's curiosity, diligence, and literary craft gets it all down in what will stand as the go-to source for a generation." - John McWhorter, author of The Language Hoax

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