Designed for students with no prior experience in linguistics, this is an engaging guide to the rich variety and typology of world languages. This fourth edition has been revised with new problem sets, an updated glossary and index, and new sections, including one on the languages of the Caribbean.
Designed for students with no prior experience in linguistics, this is an engaging guide to the rich variety and typology of world languages. This fourth edition has been revised with new problem sets, an updated glossary and index, and new sections, including one on the languages of the Caribbean.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Asya Pereltsvaig is an independent scholar, a native speaker of Russian, and a fluent speaker of three other languages. For the last twenty years, she has taught courses in linguistics at Yale, Cornell, Stanford, and several other universities around the world. Her academic interests include languages, history, genetics, and the relationship between the three.
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue 1. Introduction 2. Languages of Europe 3. Languages of Iran and South Asia 4. Languages of Northern Eurasia 5. Languages of the Caucasus 6. Languages of the greater Middle East 7. Languages of sub-Saharan Africa 8. Languages of eastern Asia 9. Languages of the Pacific 10. Aboriginal languages of New Guinea and Australia 11. Indigenous languages of Canada and the US 12. Indigenous languages of Latin America Epilogue Glossary Bibliography Index of Languages Index of Terms.
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Languages of Europe; 3. Languages of Iran and South Asia; 4. Languages of Northern Eurasia; 5. Languages of the Caucasus; 6. Languages of the Greater Middle East; 7. Languages of sub-Saharan Africa; 8. Languages of eastern Asia; 9. Languages of the South Sea Islands; 10. Aboriginal languages of New Guinea and Australia; 11. Native languages of the Americas; 12. Remaining issues: macro families, sign languages, and constructed languages; Glossary; Index of languages; Index of terms; Bibliography.
Prologue 1. Introduction 2. Languages of Europe 3. Languages of Iran and South Asia 4. Languages of Northern Eurasia 5. Languages of the Caucasus 6. Languages of the greater Middle East 7. Languages of sub-Saharan Africa 8. Languages of eastern Asia 9. Languages of the Pacific 10. Aboriginal languages of New Guinea and Australia 11. Indigenous languages of Canada and the US 12. Indigenous languages of Latin America Epilogue Glossary Bibliography Index of Languages Index of Terms.
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Languages of Europe; 3. Languages of Iran and South Asia; 4. Languages of Northern Eurasia; 5. Languages of the Caucasus; 6. Languages of the Greater Middle East; 7. Languages of sub-Saharan Africa; 8. Languages of eastern Asia; 9. Languages of the South Sea Islands; 10. Aboriginal languages of New Guinea and Australia; 11. Native languages of the Americas; 12. Remaining issues: macro families, sign languages, and constructed languages; Glossary; Index of languages; Index of terms; Bibliography.
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