The History of Languages: An Introduction
(Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics Series)
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This is an introduction to the history of languages, from the distant past to a glimpse at what languages may be like in the distant future. It looks at how languages arise, change, and ultimately vanish, and what lies behind their different destinies. What happens to languages, he argues, has
to do with what happens to the people who use them, and what happens to people, individually and collectively, is affected by the languages they speak. The...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199604290
ISBN13:9780199604296
Release Date:December 2011
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"
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