The first systematic study of the internal audiences in Thucydides and the first to focus on Spartan discourse throughout the History

Does not discuss the Semitic languages.

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the

A “fascinating” (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is “part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation…an ent

Because of the didactic nature of the historical genre, many scholars ancient and modern have seen connections between history and rhetoric. So far, discussion