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This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society.The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. And yet these groups constitute one coherent world language system, connected by multilingual speakers in a surprisingly powerful way. The chances of a language thriving depend on its position in t...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another, what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations th...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another, what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations th...