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Languages In The World: How History, Culture, and Politics Shape Language
Julie Tetel Andresen
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Description for Languages In The World: How History, Culture, and Politics Shape Language
Hardcover. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. * Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society * Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more * Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xoo (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiche * A companion website offers a host ... Read more
This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. * Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society * Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more * Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xoo (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiche * A companion website offers a host ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
826g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118531259
SKU
V9781118531259
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Ref
99-50
About Julie Tetel Andresen
Julie Tetel Andresen is Professor of English and former Chair of Linguistic at Duke University. A linguistic historiographer focusing on French, German, British, and American theories of language from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, she is the author of Linguistics and Evolution: A Developmental Approach (2013) and Linguistics in America 1769-1924: A Critical History (1996). ... Read more
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