Are some languages better than others? / R.M.W. Dixon.
Are some languages better than others? / R.M.W. Dixon.
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Oxford : Oxford university press, 2016.
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Date
2016.
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G 2016/2186
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 272 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.Setting the scene -- 2.How languages work -- 3.What is necessary -- 4.What is desirable -- 5.What is not (really) needed -- 6.How about complexity? -- 7.How many words should there be? -- 8.The limits of a language -- 9.Better for what purpose? -- 10.An ideal language -- 11.Facing up to the questi...
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2016.
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
2016.
Subjects
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- Australian
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Summary
HISTORICAL & COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS. This book sets out to answer a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some languages better than others? Can we say, for instance, that because German has three genders and French only two, German is a better language in this respect? Jarawara, spoken in the Amazonian jungle, has two ways o...
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Are some languages better than others? / R.M.W. Dixon.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2186
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74VKVP044qdl
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ISBN
9780198766810
0198766815
DDC
410
MMS ID
991023996217102626
