Languages of the World: An Introduction, 3rd Edition
- Length: 500 pages
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 2020-10-08
- ISBN-10: 1108479324
- ISBN-13: 9781108479325
- Sales Rank: #648523 (See Top 100 Books)
Are you curious to know what all human languages have in common and in what ways they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Then this book is for you! Now in its third edition, it guides beginners through the rich diversity of the world’s languages. It presupposes no background in linguistics, and introduces the reader to linguistic concepts with the help of problem sets, end of chapter exercises and an extensive bibliography. Charts of language families provide geographical and genealogical information, and engaging sidebars with demographic, social, historical and geographical facts help to contextualise and bring languages to life. This edition includes a fully updated glossary of all linguistic terms used, new problem sets, and a new chapter on cartography. Supplementary online materials include links to all websites mentioned, and answers to the exercises for instructors.
Half title Title page Imprints page Dedication Contents Figures Tables Textboxes “Focus on” Topics Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in the Glosses 1 Introduction 1.1 Languages, Dialects, and Accents 1.2 Language Families 1.3 How Language Families Are Established: Comparative Reconstruction Advanced: 1.4 Linguistic Diversity 1.5 How Do Languages Diversify? 1.6 Field Linguistics 1.7 Focus on: Language Maps 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 Advanced: 2.4 Focus on: Endangered Languages of Europe Do It Yourself – Chapter 2 Explore the Web: Discuss: Analyze Linguistic Data: 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 Advanced: 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 Finno-Ugric Languages 4.2 Other Uralic Languages 4.3 Turkic Languages 4.4 Other Languages of Siberia 4.5 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 Advanced: 5.3 Kartvelian Languages Advanced: 5.4 Indo-European Languages in the Caucasus 5.5 Focus on: Head-Marking vs. Dependent-Marking Do It Yourself – Chapter 5 Explore the Web and Discuss: Analyze Linguistic Data: 6 Languages of the Greater Middle East 6.1 Afroasiatic Languages 6.2 Semitic Languages Advanced: 6.3 Berber Languages 6.4 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 Advanced: 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 Advanced: 8.2 Austro-Asiatic Languages Advanced: 8.3 Tai-Kadai Languages Advanced: 8.4 Japanese and Korean 8.5 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 South Sea Islands 9.1 Discovery of the Austronesian Family and the Austronesian Homeland 9.2 Today’s Austronesian Languages and the Internal Classification of the Family 9.3 Linguistic Properties of Austronesian Languages Advanced: 9.4 Focus on: The Mystery of Malagasy Advanced: Do It Yourself – Chapter 9 Explore the Web: Analyze Linguistic Data: Analyze Linguistic Data and Discuss: 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 Tok Pisin 10.2 Languages of Australia 10.3 Focus on: Is There Such a Thing as a Primitive Language? Advanced: Do It Yourself – Chapter 10 Explore the Web: Discuss: Analyze Linguistic Data: 11 Native Languages of the Americas 11.1 Languages of North America Advanced: Advanced: 11.2 Languages of Meso-America 11.3 Languages of South America 11.4 Focus on: The Pirahã Controversy Do It Yourself – Chapter 11 Explore the Web: Discuss: Analyze Linguistic Data: 12 Remaining Issues 12.1 Macro Families 12.1.1 The Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis 12.1.2 Altaic and Ural-Altaic Macro Families 12.1.3 The Nostratic and Eurasiatic Hypotheses 12.1.4 Other Hypothesized Macro Families 12.2 Sign Languages 12.3 Constructed Languages Do It Yourself – Chapter 12 Review and Explore the Web: Analyze Linguistic Data: Glossary Bibliography Index of Languages Index of Terms
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