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This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as it plays a central role in Jacques Derrida's book Of Grammatology, and both essays are valuable historical and philosophical documents.

On the Origin of Language

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/03/1986
    ISBN13: 9780226730127, 978-0226730127
    ISBN10: 0226730123

    Number of Pages: 186

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as it plays a central role in Jacques Derrida's book Of Grammatology, and both essays are valuable historical and philosophical documents.

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