Languages and Their Status

Language: English

Published by Cambridge: Winthrop, 1979, 1979

0876264852 / 9780876264850

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Hard bound, 1st edition, few illustrations, 335pp, text scored on couple of pages w/previous owner name front free endpaper else very good in lightly edge-torn yet near very good dust jacket. 670 grams. This volume examines the part languages play in the evolution and structure of communities and in turn the ways in which languages are shaped by the social forces impinging on their speakers. The distinguished scholars who have contributed chapters on specific languages in this volume are: Marianne Mithun and Wallace L. Chafe (Mohawk); John Haiman (Hua).

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Title
Languages and Their Status
Author
Shopen, Timothy
Publisher
Cambridge: Winthrop, 1979
Publication year
1979
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Hardcover
Language
English
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0876264852
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9780876264850
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