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The Amazonian Languages
Hardback
Main Details
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The Amazonian Languages
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by R. M. W. Dixon
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Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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| Series | Cambridge Language Surveys |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:476 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 160 |
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| Category/Genre | Historical and comparative linguistics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521570213
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| Classifications | Dewey:498 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
120 Tables, unspecified; 14 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 |
23 September 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Amazon Basin is the least known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is the home of some 300 languages many of which (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book is the first in English to provide an accessible overview of this rich and exciting linguistic area. It will provide a basis for further research on Amazonian languages as well as a point of entry to important data for theoretical linguists.
Reviews..."a useful, comprehensive linguistic anthology for the Amazonian region" Notes on Linguistics
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