Languages of the World: An Introduction

Pereltsvaig, Asya

ISBN 10: 1108748120 / ISBN 13: 9781108748124

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Languages of the World: An Introduction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108748120
• ISBN 13: 9781108748124
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Requiring no background in linguistics, this book introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages.

About the Author

Asya Pereltsvaig is a native speaker of Russian and a fluent speaker of three other languages. For the last fifteen 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.