The World's Major Languages
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1990
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1025 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/8" "Ranging from English, French, Spanish, and Russian, to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this comprehensive reference work provides the first detailed guide to the world's forty major languages." Light bumping along cover edges and corners; crease to front cover bottom corner; small 1" yellowish stain to bottom page edge at spine; scuffing to page edges; black ink remainder line on top page edge; pages 793 to 1025 top page corners are creased. Otherwise, text block has no other markings, writing, or highlighting. Shipping will be extra for this heavier book, please inquire.
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- Title
- The World's Major Languages
- Author
- Comrie, Bernard (edited by)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195065115
- ISBN 13
- 9780195065114
- Edition
- Reprint.
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Review
"This is the most thorough survey of languages and language families that I have seen which is suitable for undergraduate courses. The scholarship offers models to emulate while the selection of language groups and contributors can only serve to broaden multi-cultural awareness in
students."--Patricia S. Burton, Northeast Missouri State University
"The best extant survey on the subject. It would be an excellent text for a course on world languages, or even one in general linguistics."--William E. McMahon, University of Akron
"The amount and quality of historical, sociological, and linguistic information presented in typical chapters dealing with a given language are amazing. Most chapters also include extensive descriptions of the phonological and graphic systems, morphology, word-formation, syntactic patterns, and
characteristic features of the lexicon. For inflected languages, detailed and synoptic charts of major declension and conjugation classes are provided....This unique work is an important and reliable source of extensive knowledge about particular languages and their families."--American Reference
Books Annual
"This impressive volume supersedes similar ones...in its treatment of families of languages and individual idioms."--Language Problems and Language Planning
"An excellent survey....The volume is recommended as a standard reference for all institutional libraries and for general readers."--Choice
"A treasury of authoritative yet concise information about major languages andlanguage families."--Library Journal
"A substantial resource on modern languages....Recommended for all academic and large public libraries."--The Reference Book Review
"A magnificent piece of scholarship and editorical assembling, at--considering what books cost today--a surprisingly low price."--R.M.R. Hall, Queens College, CUNY
"This is the most thorough survey of languages and language families that I have seen which is suitable for undergraduate courses. The scholarship offers models to emulate while the selection of language groups and contributors can only serve to broaden multi-cultural awareness in
students."--Patricia S. Burton, Northeast Missouri State University
"The best extant survey on the subject. It would be an excellent text for a course on world languages, or even one in general linguistics."--William E. McMahon, University of Akron
"The amount and quality of historical, sociological, and linguistic information presented in typical chapters dealing with a given language are amazing. Most chapters also include extensive descriptions of the phonological and graphic systems, morphology, word-formation, syntactic patterns, and
characteristic features of the lexicon. For inflected languages, detailed and synoptic charts of major declension and conjugation classes are provided....This unique work is an important and reliable source of extensive knowledge about particular languages and their families."--American Reference
Books Annual
"This impressive volume supersedes similar ones...in its treatment of families of languages and individual idioms."--Language Problems and Language Planning
"An excellent survey....The volume is recommended as a standard reference for all institutional libraries and for general readers."--Choice
"A treasury ofauthoritative yet concise information about major languages and language families."--Library Journal
"A substantial resource on modern languages....Recommended for all academic and large public libraries."--The Reference Book Review
"A magnificent piece of scholarship and editorical assembling, at--considering what books cost today--a surprisingly low price."--R.M.R. Hall, Queens College, CUNY
"This is the most thorough survey of languages and language families that I have seen which is suitable for undergraduate courses. The scholarship offers models to emulate while the selection of language groups and contributors can only serve to broaden multi-cultural awareness in students."--Patricia S. Burton, Northeast Missouri State University
"The best extant survey on the subject. It would be an excellent text for a course on world languages, or even one in general linguistics."--William E. McMahon, University of Akron
"The amount and quality of historical, sociological, and linguistic information presented in typical chapters dealing with a given language are amazing. Most chapters also include extensive descriptions of the phonological and graphic systems, morphology, word-formation, syntactic patterns, and characteristic features of the lexicon. For inflected languages, detailed and synoptic charts of major declension and conjugation classes are provided....This unique work is an important and reliable source of extensive knowledge about particular languages and their families."--American Reference Books Annual
"This impressive volume supersedes similar ones...in its treatment of families of languages and individual idioms."--Language Problems and Language Planning
"An excellent survey....The volume is recommended as a standard reference for all institutional libraries and for general readers."--Choice
"A treasury of authoritative yet concise information about major languages and languagefamilies."--Library Journal
"A substantial resource on modern languages....Recommended for all academic and large public libraries."--The Reference Book Review
"A magnificent piece of scholarship and editorical assembling, at--considering what books cost today--a surprisingly low price."--R.M.R. Hall, Queens College, CUNY
"This is the most thorough survey of languages and language families that I have seen which is suitable for undergraduate courses. The scholarship offers models to emulate while the selection of language groups and contributors can only serve to broaden multi-cultural awareness in students."--Patricia S. Burton, Northeast Missouri State University
"The best extant survey on the subject. It would be an excellent text for a course on world languages, or even one in general linguistics."--William E. McMahon, University of Akron
"The amount and quality of historical, sociological, and linguistic information presented in typical chapters dealing with a given language are amazing. Most chapters also include extensive descriptions of the phonological and graphic systems, morphology, word-formation, syntactic patterns, and characteristic features of the lexicon. For inflected languages, detailed and synoptic charts of major declension and conjugation classes are provided....This unique work is an important and reliable source of extensive knowledge about particular languages and their families."--American Reference Books Annual
"This impressive volume supersedes similar ones...in its treatment of families of languages and individual idioms."--Language Problems and Language Planning
"An excellent survey....The volume is recommended as a standard reference for all institutional libraries and for general readers."--Choice
"A treasury of authoritative yet concise information about major languages and language families."--Library Journal
"A substantial resource on modern languages....Recommended for all academic and large public libraries."--The Reference Book Review
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