The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Maiden

Автор: Marianne Mithun
Название: The Languages of Native North America
ISBN: 052129875X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521298759
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the North American Indian languages. It includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, and a catalogue of the languages detailing their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and listing published material on them.

Автор: Harrison, K. David
Название: When Languages Die
ISBN: 0195372069 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195372069
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller.
This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the essential question, what is lost when a language dies? What forms of knowledge are embedded in a language's structure and vocabulary? And how harmful is it to humanity that such knowledge is lost forever?
Harrison spans the globe from Siberia, to North America, to the Himalayas and elsewhere, to look at the human knowledge that is slowly being lost as the languages that express it fade from sight. He uses fascinating anecdotes and portraits of some of these languages' last remaining speakers, in order to demonstrate that this knowledge about ourselves and the world is inherently precious and once gone, will be lost forever. This knowledge is not only our cultural heritage (oral histories, poetry, stories, etc.) but very useful knowledge about plants, animals, the seasons, and other aspects of the natural world--not to mention our understanding of the capacities of the human mind. Harrison's book is a testament not only to the pressing issue of language death, but to the remarkable span of human knowledge and ingenuity. It will fascinate linguists, anthropologists, and general readers.

Автор: Janson, Tore
Название: The History of Languages
ISBN: 0199604290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199604296
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: An introduction to the history of languages, from distant past to distant future, looking at how languages arise, change, and die, and showing how the histories of peoples and languages are closely connected. It mixes chapters on general processes with accounts of specific languages, including Chinese, Arabic, Greek, Latin, and English.

Название: World`s Major Languages
ISBN: 041560902X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415609029
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Цена: 42870.00 T
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Автор: Trask, Larry
Название: Why do languages change?
ISBN: 0521546931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521546935
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Packed with fascinating examples of changes in the English language over time, this entertaining book explores the origin of words and place names, the differences between British and American English, and the apparent eccentricities of the English spelling system.

Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard
Название: The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
ISBN: 0521684986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684989
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 49630.00 T
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Описание: This book describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of a language, and places that language within its proper linguistic and historical context.

Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard
Название: The Ancient Languages of Europe
ISBN: 0521684951 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684958
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 49630.00 T
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Описание: This book describes the ancient languages of Europe, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of a language, and places that language within its proper linguistic and historical context.

Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard
Название: The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
ISBN: 0521684943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684941
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 49630.00 T
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Описание: This book describes the ancient languages of Asia and the Americas, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of a language, and places that language within its proper linguistic and historical context.

Автор: Edited by R. M. W. Dixon
Название: The Amazonian Languages
ISBN: 0521578930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521578936
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The Amazon Basin is one of the least-known and most complex linguistic regions in the world. Its 300-plus languages show properties that challenge received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an accessible overview of this rich and exciting linguistic area.

Автор: Edited by Bernd Heine
Название: African Languages
ISBN: 0521666295 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521666299
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 50680.00 T
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Описание: This book is an introduction to African languages and linguistics, covering typology, structure and sociolinguistics. It covers language typology, linguistic structures and sociolinguistic issues. Basic concepts are explained for undergraduates and non-specialists, but each chapter also provides an overview of the state of the art in its field.

Автор: David Lightfoot
Название: How New Languages Emerge
ISBN: 0521676290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521676298
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 44350.00 T
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Описание: This book explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. David Lightfoot explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary roles in language change. An interesting, engaging account of language acquisition, variation and change.