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The Language of Hunter-Gatherers

Name: The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
ISBN: 9781108631150

Tom Güldemann,

Patrick McConvell,

Richard A. Rhodes,

English
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The Language of Hunter-Gatherers

Tom Güldemann,

Patrick McConvell,

Richard A. Rhodes,

About this book

Hunter-gatherers are often portrayed as 'others' standing outside the main trajectory of human social evolution. But even after eleven millennia of agriculture and two centuries of widespread industrialization, hunter-gatherer societies continue to exist. This volume, using the lens of language, offers us a window into the inner workings of twenty-first-century hunter-gatherer societies - how they survive and how they interface with societies that produce more. It challenges long-held assumptions about the limits on social dynamism in hunter-gatherer societies to show that their languages are no different either typologically or sociolinguistically from other languages. With its worldwide coverage, this volume serves as a report on the state of hunter-gatherer societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and readers in all geographical areas will find arguments of relevance here.

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