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On the Origin of Language (Reprint Edition) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Gottfried Herder, Alexander Gode (Translator), John H. Moran (Translator) Paperback, 186 Pages, Published 1986 ISBN-10: 0-226-73012-3 / 0226730123 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73012-7 / 9780226730127 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 h |