Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages - Brossura

Dalby, Andrew

 
9780747531180: Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
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ISBN 10: 0747531188 ISBN 13: 9780747531180
Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 1999

Sinossi

Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language that has official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. Both living and dead languages are covered and we see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.

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Editore
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0747531188
ISBN 13 
9780747531180
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
734
Contatto del produttore
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9780231115698: Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages

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ISBN 10:  0231115695 ISBN 13:  9780231115698
Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2004
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