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Oxford An Introduction to the Languages of the World 2017 Edition by Anatole Lyovin, Brett Kessler, William Leben
The only textbook of its kind, An Introduction to the Languages of the World is designed to introduce beginning linguistics students, who now typically start their study with little background in languages, to the variety of the languages of the world. It is ideal for use in courses where students have mastered the basic principles of linguistics but lack background in the broad range of language phenomena found in the world's languages, such as vowel_x000D_harmony and ergative constructions. It offers students an opportunity to explore, at various levels, structures of very different, highly interesting languages without necessarily possessing a speaking or reading knowledge of these languages._x000D_Lyovin explains the classification of languages, discussing not only genetic classification but typological and sociolinguistic classification as well. He follows this with an explication of writing systems. A chapter is devoted to each of the world's continents, with in-depth analyses of representative languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America, and a separate chapter covers pidgins and creoles. Helpful features include an appendix of nineteen maps, student exercises, and_x000D_suggestions for further reading._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_
List of Tables_x000D_
List of Figures_x000D_
Symbols and Abbreviations_x000D_
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1 Classification of Languages_x000D_
1.1 Genetic classification_x000D_
1.2 Typological classification of languages_x000D_
1.3 Exercises_x000D_
1.4 Suggested readings_x000D_
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2 Classification of Writing Systems_x000D_
2.1 Typological classification of writing systems_x000D_
2.2 Genetic classification of writing systems_x000D_
2.3 Exercises_x000D_
2.4 Suggested readings_x000D_
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3 Europe_x000D_
3.1 Indo-European_x000D_
3.2 Uralic_x000D_
3.3 Caucasus area_x000D_
3.4 Basque_x000D_
3.5 Sketch of Russian_x000D_
3.6 Sketch of Finnish_x000D_
3.7 Exercises_x000D_
3.8 Suggested readings_x000D_
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4 Asia_x000D_
4.1 Altaic area_x000D_
4.2 Paleosiberian area_x000D_
4.3 Sino-Tibetan_x000D_
4.4 Hmong-Mien_x000D_
4.5 Tai-Kadai_x000D_
4.6 Austroasiatic_x000D_
4.7 Dravidian_x000D_
4.8 Burushaski_x000D_
4.9 Other languages in Asia_x000D_
4.10 Sketch of Mandarin Chinese_x000D_
4.11 Sketch of Classical Tibetan_x000D_
4.12 Exercises_x000D_
4.13 Suggested readings_x000D_
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5 Africa_x000D_
5.1 Afro-Asiatic_x000D_
5.2 Nilo-Saharan_x000D_
5.3 Niger-Congo_x000D_
5.4 Khoisan area_x000D_
5.5 Other languages in Africa_x000D_
5.6 Sketch of Modern Standard Arabic_x000D_
5.7 Sketch of Swahili_x000D_
5.8 Exercises_x000D_
5.9 Suggested readings_x000D_
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6 Oceania_x000D_
6.1 Austronesian_x000D_
6.2 Papuan area_x000D_
6.3 Australian area_x000D_
6.4 Sketch of Hawaiian_x000D_
6.5 Sketch of Dyirbal_x000D_
6.6 Exercises_x000D_
6.7 Suggested readings_x000D_
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7 The Americas_x000D_
North American area_x000D_
7.1 Eskimo-Aleut_x000D_
7.2 Na-Dene_x000D_
7.3 Algic_x000D_
7.4 Muskogean_x000D_
7.5 Siouan_x000D_
7.6 Iroquoian_x000D_
7.7 Caddoan_x000D_
7.8 Yuman_x000D_
7.9 Sahaptian_x000D_
7.10 Tsimshianic_x000D_
7.11 Kiowa-Tanoan_x000D_
7.12 Uto-Aztecan_x000D_
7.13 Salishan_x000D_
Mesoamerican area_x000D_
7.14 Oto-Manguean_x000D_
7.15 Totonacan_x000D_
7.16 Mixe-Zoquean_x000D_
7.17 Mayan_x000D_
South American area_x000D_
7.18 Intermediate area_x000D_
7.19 Western Amazonia_x000D_
7.20 Northern foothills_x000D_
7.21 Andes region_x000D_
7.22 Southern foothills_x000D_
7.23 South_x000D_
7.24 Central Amazonia_x000D_
7.25 Northern Amazonia_x000D_
7.26 Sketch of Central Alaskan Yup?ik_x000D_
7.27 Sketch of Ayacucho Quechua_x000D_
7.28 Exercises_x000D_
7.29 Suggested readings_x000D_
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8 Language Birth, Death, and Revitalization_x000D_
8.1 Mixed languages_x000D_
8.2 Constructed languages_x000D_
8.3 Pidgins_x000D_
8.4 Creoles_x000D_
8.5 Sign languages_x000D_
8.6 Language endangerment and renewal_x000D_
8.7 Sketch of Tok Pisin_x000D_
8.8 Exercises_x000D_
8.9 Suggested readings_x000D_
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References_x000D_
Language Index_x000D_
Subject Index_x000D_