Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time

Type

Book

Authors

Johanna Nichols

ISBN 10

0226580571

ISBN 13

9780226580579

Tags

Psychology & Counseling, Foreign Language Study & Reference, Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive

Description

In this ground-breaking book, Johanna Nichols proposes means of describing, comparing, and interpreting linguistic diversity, both genetic and structural, providing the foundations for a theory of diversity based upon population science. This book will interest linguists, archaeologists, and population specialists."An awe-inspiring book, unequalled in scope, originality, and the range of language data considered."—Anna Siewierska, Linguistics"Fascinating. . . . A brilliant pioneering study."—Journal of Indo-European Studies"A superbly reasoned book."—John A. C. Greppin, Times Literary Supplement - from Amzon

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