The Amazonian Languages

By: Dixon/Aikhenvald

Book Overview

The Amazon Basin is arguably both one of the least-known and the most complex linguistic regions in the world. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around twenty language families, plus more than a dozen genetic isolates, and many of these languages (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an overview in a single volume...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521578930
• ISBN13: 9780521578936
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"