By Bernard Comrie
ISBN-10: 041560902X
ISBN-13: 9780415609029
ISBN-10: 1138169935
ISBN-13: 9781138169937
This quantity good points over 50 of the world's languages and language households. The featured languages were selected according to the variety of audio system, their position as legitimate languages and their cultural and old value. every one language is checked out intensive, and the chapters supply info on either grammatical beneficial properties and on salient positive factors of the language's background and cultural position.
This moment version has been up to date and revised. new languages, Amharic and Javanese, were incorporated.
This available quantity will attract somebody with an curiosity in linguistics.
Key features:
- Attention is paid to either grammatical and sociolinguistic features
- Attention is targeted at the world's significant languages
- Designed to be obtainable to all readers with an curiosity in language.
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