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The Amazonian Languages
Paperback / softback
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:Paperback / softback | | Pages:476 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | Historical and comparative linguistics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521578936
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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 November 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Amazon Basin is arguably both one of the least-known and the most complex linguistic regions in the world. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around twenty language families, plus more than a dozen genetic isolates, and many of these languages (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an overview in a single volume of this rich and exciting linguistic area. The editors and contributors have sought to make their descriptions as clear and accessible as possible, in order to provide a basis for further research on the structural characteristics of Amazonian languages and their genetic and areal relationships, as well as a point of entry to important cross-linguistic data for the wider constituency of theoretical linguists.
Reviews..."a useful, comprehensive linguistic anthology for the Amazonian region" Notes on Linguistics
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