Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable
(Part of the Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Series)
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This book presents a challenge to the widely-held assumption that human languages are both similar and constant in their degree of complexity. For a hundred years or more the universal equality of languages has been a tenet of faith among most anthropologists and linguists. It has been
frequently advanced as a corrective to the idea that some languages are at a later stage of evolution than others. It also appears to be an inevitable outcome of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199545227
ISBN13:9780199545223
Release Date:May 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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