Languages of the World

Höfundur: Asya Pereltsvaig (Útgáfa: 4)
Languages of the World

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Are you curious to know what all languages have in common and how they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Now in its fourth edition, this fascinating book guides beginners through the rich diversity of the world's languages. It presupposes no background in linguistics, and introduces key concepts with the help of problem sets, end-of-chapter exercises and an extensive bibliography.

It is illustrated with detailed maps and charts of language families throughout, and engaging sidebars and 'food for thought' boxes contextualise and bring the languages to life with demographic, social, historical, and geographical facts. This edition has been extensively updated with a new section on the languages of the Caribbean, new problem sets, and an updated glossary and index. Supplementary online materials includes links to all websites mentioned, and answers to the exercises for instructors.

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Útgefandi
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781009338622
Print ISBN
9781009338660
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
4
Höfundar
Asya Pereltsvaig
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2023-12-07
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Half title
  • Reviews
  • Title page
  • Imprints page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Maps
  • Tables
  • Textboxes
  • Fascinating Language Topics
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations Used in the Glosses
  • Prologue
  • Why Is There a Butterfly on the Cover?
  • How Is This Book Organized and Why?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Languages, Dialects, and Accents
  • 1.2 Language Families
  • 1.3 How Language Families Are Established: Comparative Reconstruction
  • 1.4 Linguistic Diversity
  • 1.5 How Do Languages Diversify?
  • 1.6 Sign Languages
  • 1.7 Focus on: Field Linguistics
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 1
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 2 Languages of Europe
  • 2.1 The Indo-European Language Family
  • 2.2 The Indo-European Controversy
  • 2.3 Non-Indo-European Languages of Europe
  • 2.3.1 Basque
  • 2.4 Focus on: Endangered Languages of Europe
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 2
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • French:
  • Procidano
  • 3 Languages of Iran and South Asia
  • 3.1 Indo-European Languages of Iran and South Asia
  • 3.1.1 Iranian Languages
  • 3.1.2 Indo-Aryan Languages
  • 3.2 Dravidian Languages
  • 3.3 Other Languages of South Asia
  • 3.4 Focus on: Universals and the Parametric Theory of Language
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 3
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 4 Languages of Northern Eurasia
  • 4.1 Uralic Languages
  • 4.2 Turkic Languages
  • 4.3 Other Languages of Siberia
  • 4.4 Focus on: Evidential Markers
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 4
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 5 Languages of the Caucasus
  • 5.1 Northwest Caucasian Languages
  • 5.2 Northeast Caucasian Languages
  • 5.3 Kartvelian Languages
  • 5.4 Indo-European Languages in the Caucasus
  • 5.5 Head-Marking vs. Dependent-Marking
  • 5.6 Focus on: Mapping Languages of the Caucasus
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 5
  • Explore the web and Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 6 Languages of the Greater Middle East
  • 6.1 The Afroasiatic Language Family
  • 6.1.1 Semitic Languages
  • 6.1.2 Berber Languages
  • 6.2 Focus on: Language Contact
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 6
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 7 Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 7.1 Nilo-Saharan Languages
  • 7.2 Niger-Congo Languages
  • 7.3 Khoisan Languages
  • 7.4 Focus on: Official Languages, Trade Languages, and Creole Languages in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 7
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 8 Languages of Eastern Asia
  • 8.1 Sino-Tibetan Languages
  • 8.2 Austro-Asiatic Languages
  • 8.3 Tai-Kadai Languages
  • 8.4 Japanese and Korean
  • 8.5 Language Contact and Writing in Eastern Asia
  • 8.6 Focus on: Isolating Morphology and Language Change
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 8
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • Set A:
  • Set B:
  • Set C:
  • 9 Languages of the Pacific
  • 9.1 The Internal Classification of the Austronesian Language Family
  • 9.2 Discovery of the Austronesian Family and the Austronesian Homeland
  • 9.3 Linguistic Properties of Austronesian Languages
  • 9.4 Focus on: The Mystery of Malagasy
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 9
  • Explore the web:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 10 Aboriginal Languages of New Guinea and Australia
  • 10.1 Languages of New Guinea
  • 10.1.1 Overview of Papuan Languages
  • 10.1.2 Areal Papuan Features
  • 10.1.3 In-Law Language and Other Taboos
  • 10.1.4 Tok Pisin
  • 10.1.5 Other Pidgins in Papua New Guinea
  • 10.2 Languages of Australia
  • 10.2.1 Pama-Nyungan Languages
  • 10.2.2 Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Australia
  • 10.3 Focus on: Unusual Tally Systems in the Languages of New Guinea
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 10
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 11 Indigenous Languages of Canada and the USA
  • 11.1 Na-Dené Languages
  • 11.2 Algonquian Languages
  • 11.3 Iroquoian Languages
  • 11.4 Muskogean Languages
  • 11.5 Uto-Aztecan Languages
  • 11.6 Sioux Languages
  • 11.7 Languages of Western Canada and the USA
  • 11.7.1 Eskimo-Aleut Languages
  • 11.7.2 Salishan Languages
  • 11.7.3 Wakashan Languages
  • 11.7.4 Penutian Languages
  • 11.8 Focus on: Languages of California
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 11
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • 12 Indigenous Languages of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 12.1 Languages of Mexico and Central America
  • 12.2 Languages of the Caribbean
  • 12.3 Languages of South America
  • 12.4 Focus on: The Pirahã Controversy
  • Do It Yourself – Chapter 12
  • Explore the web:
  • Discuss:
  • Analyze linguistic data:
  • Epilogue
  • Do It Yourself – REVIEW
  • Review and Explore the web:
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index of Languages
  • Index of Terms