Language complexity as an evolving variable / edited by Geoffrey Sampson, David Gil, Peter Trudgill.
This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the natu...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
Studies in the evolution of language ; 13. |
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| Summary: | This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the nature of language and contemporary theory. - ;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 anthropologis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191567667 0191567663 0199545219 9780199545216 0199545227 9780199545223 1282235052 9781282235052 9786612235054 6612235055 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |