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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ruhlen, M Guide to the World's Languages (STOM).
Author: A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification
Author: Merritt RuhlenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
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.
A Guide to the World's Languages
Author: Merritt RuhlenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781503621336
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
A guide to the world's languages. 1 vol
Author: Merritt RUHLENA Guide to the World's Languages
Author: Merritt RuhlenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A Guide to the World's Languages
Author: Merritt Ruhlen (linguiste).)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804718943
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
A Guide to the Languages of the World
Author: Merrith RuhlenA Guide to the World's Language
Author: Merritt RuhlenA guide to the languages of the world
Author: Merritt RuhlenThe World's Major Languages
Author: Bernard ComriePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351539388
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 929
Book Description
This volume features over fifty of the world's languages and language families. The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their role as official languages and their cultural and historical importance. Each language is looked at in depth, and the chapters provide information on both grammatical features and on salient features of the language's history and cultural role. This second edition has been updated and revised. Two new languages, Amharic and Javanese, have been included. This accessible volume will appeal to anyone with an interest in linguistics.Key features:Attention is paid to both grammatical and sociolinguistic featuresAttention is concentrated on the world's major languagesDesigned to be accessible to all readers with an interest in language.