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The Languages of Native North America
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Languages of Native North America
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Marianne Mithun
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| Series | Cambridge Language Surveys |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:796 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 146 |
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| Category/Genre | Historical and comparative linguistics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521298759
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| Classifications | Dewey:497 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
12 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
7 June 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the native North American languages. These several hundred languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. The book includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, a catalog of the languages that details their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and lists published material on them.
Reviews'This volume is a most welcome continuation of a most useful series. it is a great pleasure to review Marianne Mithun's The Languages of Native North America in the Cambridge Language Surveys, since one can only express admiration for the tremendous amount of labour behind this book. There are very few people in modern native North American linguistics, if any, who could do an equally beautiful job as Mithun.' Linguistic Typology
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