The Search for the Perfect Language
- ISBN10: 0006863787
- ISBN13: 9780006863786
- Author: Umberto Eco
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Published: 10/07/1997
£14.99
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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