Languages and their status
1979, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Winthrop Publishers. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476125
ISBN: 0876264852
Physical description; xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Recapturing the Mohawk language / Marianne Mithun and Wallace L. Chafe – HUA : a Papuan language of New Guinea / John Haiman – Russian / Bernard Comrie – Cape York Creole / Terry Crowley and Bruce Rigsby – Swahili / Thomas J. Hinnebusch – Chinese : dialect variations and language reform / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thompson. Subjects; Language and languages. Language and culture. Sociolinguistics. Anthropological linguistics. Mohawk language. Papuan languages. Russian language. Cape York Creole. Swahili language. Chinese language.
Price: €12.95