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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.Rousseau, Jean-Jacques is the author of 'On the Origin of Language', published 1986 under ISBN 9780226730127 and ISBN 0226730123.
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