(MOBI) The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco

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The Search for the Perfect Language
by Umberto Eco

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• Language: english
• ISBN: 9780006863786 (0006863787)
• Genres: history, linguistics, philosophy, language, writing, semiotics, literature, essays
• Author: Umberto Eco
• Format: paperback, 400 pages
• Publisher: Fontana Press
• Release date: July 1, 1997

About The Book

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.

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[Walter Bennett]

I wonder what language can be called ideal? In every language there are some difficulties in pronunciation or words that have several meanings in translation. Just recently I learned about the Gujarati language. I had to look for a translator from gujarati to english to somehow understand my potential partner. But I could not repeat a single word in that language. This is too hard for me.

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