Jazyky světa - Historie a současnost – Genzor Jozef (2015)

The book by the renowned linguist PhDr. Jozef Genzor offers an overview of nearly 2,000 languages from all continents and is intended not only for those interested in linguistic anthropology but also for all admirers of the diversity of our world. - The development of morphology and vocabulary from proto-language to the present - Interesting information in boxes - 200 captivating photographs - Maps, language diagrams, and writing samples - Detailed index and list of linguistic terms used - Easy navigation in the text thanks to color coding of important information. "The surest way to penetrate national mentality and to understand the culture of another nation as accurately as possible is to become acquainted with its language," states the introduction to this publication, which provides an overview of the known languages of the world. You now have the opportunity to encounter this book in a new, supplemented, and revised edition in Czech. The author, PhDr. Jozef Genzor, is a prominent linguist, Koreanist, and Filipino specialist, a translator from English and Korean. He is a co-author of several scientific publications and the author of many scientific and popular science articles and reviews. He focuses particularly on language interference and the typology of Tagalog, sociolinguistics, and the research of the position of Korean within the family of languages...