Languages: a very short introduction
How many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? In this Very Short Introduction, eminent linguist Stephen Anderson addresses such questions as he illuminates the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different languages and linguistic examples, Anderson provides the basic facts about the world's major families of spoken languages and their distribution around the globe. He explores the basis for linguistic classific…
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- Full title :Languages : a very short introduction / Stephen R. Anderson.
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How many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? In this Very Short Introduction, eminent linguist Stephen Anderson addresses such questions as he illuminates the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different languages and linguistic examples, Anderson provides the basic facts about the world's major families of spoken languages and their distribution around the globe. He explores the basis for linguistic classification and raises questions about how we identify a language. Considering signed languages as well as spoken, Anderson also examines the wider social issues of losing languages, and their impact on vanishing cultures and peoples.
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- Publication Date:2012.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford, U.K
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 135 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 18 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199590599, 0199590591
- oclc:ocn767566623
- LC Classification:P107
- Dewey Decimal:410
Table of Contents
Introduction: Dimensions of linguistic diversity -- How many languages are there in the world? -- Phylogenetic linguistics : establishing linguistic relationships -- The future of languages -- Some problems in the counting of languages -- The genotypes of languages -- The diversity of signed languages -- Conclusion: The unity of human language.
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