Languages of the World: An Introduction

Pereltsvaig, Asya

ISBN 10: 100933865X / ISBN 13: 9781009338653

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Languages of the World: An Introduction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 100933865X
• ISBN 13: 9781009338653
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Requiring no background in linguistics, this book, now in its fourth edition, introduces readers to the diversity of human languages.

About the Author

Asya Pereltsvaig is an independent scholar, a native speaker of Russian, and a fluent speaker of three other languages. For the last twenty years, she has taught courses in linguistics at Yale, Cornell, Stanford, and several other universities around the world. Her academic interests include languages, history, genetics, and the relationship between the three.