A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification: 1 - Brossura

Ruhlen, Merritt

 
9780804718943: A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification: 1

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This is the first of three pathbreaking volumes that will constitute a wide-ranging analytical guide to the world's approximately 5,000 languages. The volumes are written for both linguists and general readers, and this first volume in particular assumes no background in linguistics. A postscript prepared for this paperback edition takes research data to 1990. The book is illustrated with 21 maps.

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?A definitive reference work on the classification of human languages with state-of-the-art freshness and great clarity. ?Diachronica
?It is interesting to read, is well documented and thorough, and is useful as a work of reference. ?Modern Language Review

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9780804712507: A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification (1)

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ISBN 10:  0804712506 ISBN 13:  9780804712507
Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 1987
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