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Esperanto
Language, Literature, and Community
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Pierre Janton - Author
Humphrey Tonkin - Editor
Jane Edwards - Translator
Karen Johnson-Weiner - Translator
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Price: $95.00
Hardcover - 169 pages |
| Release Date: December 1992 |
ISBN10: 0-7914-1253-9
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-1253-4
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Price: $31.95
Paperback - 169 pages |
| Release Date: December 1992 |
ISBN10: 0-7914-1254-7
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-1254-1
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Esperanto, spoken by thousands of people across the world, is the most successful international language project. In this book, the French linguist and literary critic Pierre Janton describes the history of Esperanto since its invention in nineteenth-century Eastern Europe and offers a comprehensive linguistic description of the language. This book is the best general introduction to Esperanto and its role in the modern world.
Rooted in the populism and internationalism of the late nineteenth century, Esperanto owes its origins in part to western European educational currents and in part to the cultural history of eastern European Jewry. It is a fascinating historical and sociological phenomenon as well as a remarkable linguistic system.
The book contains a survey of today's movement for the promotion of Esperanto as an international language, and a description of the extensive literature in Esperanto, both original and translated. Janton also provides a survey of the other global language projects, explaining why Esperanto has prevailed.
Pierre Janton is Professor of English language and literature at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, in France. He is a specialist in linguistics and in the literature of the English Reformation. Humphrey Tonkin is President of the University of Hartford and a specialist in English literature and Esperanto studies, and is chairman of the board of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. Jane Edwards teaches folklore, anthropology, and literature at the University of Hartford. Karen Johnson-Weiner teaches linguistics
and English as a second language at Clarkson University.
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Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Esperanto and Planned Languages
Chapter 2. The Origins of Esperanto
Chapter 3. The Language
Chapter 4. Expression
Chapter 5. The Literature
Chapter 6. The Esperanto Movement
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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