Description
The World's Major Languages features over 50 of the world's languages and language families.
This revised edition includes updated bibliographies for each chapter and up-to-date census figures. The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their role as official languages and their cultural and historical importance. Each language is looked at in depth, and the chapters provide information on both grammatical features and on salient features of the language's history and cultural role.
The World's Major Languages is an accessible and essential reference work for linguists.
About the Author
Bernard Comrie is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Book Information
ISBN 9780367580711
Author Bernard Comrie
Format Paperback
Page Count 934
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 3350g