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Language Isolates
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Language Isolates explores this fascinating group of languages that surprisingly comprise a third of the world's languages.
Individual chapters written by experts on these languages examine the world's major language isolates and language isolates by geographic regions, with up-to-date descriptions of many, including previously unrecorded language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language, making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of languages and the very nature of human language.
Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology.
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Yes, you can access Language Isolates by Lyle Campbell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Language isolates and their history
- 2 Ancient Near Eastern and European isolates
- 3 Basque and the reconstruction of isolated languages
- 4 Ainu
- 5 Burushaski
- 6 Other isolated languages of Asia
- 7 African language isolates
- 8 Language isolates of North America
- 9 Language isolates of Mesoamerica and Northern Mexico
- 10 Language isolates in South America
- 11 Language isolates in the New Guinea region
- 12 Language isolates of Australia
- 13 Endangerment of language isolates
- Index
