Language Classification: History and Method - Hardcover

Campbell, Lyle; Poser, William J.

 
9780521880053: Language Classification: History and Method
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 052188005X ISBN 13: 9780521880053
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

How are relationships established between the world's languages? This is one of the most topical and most controversial questions in contemporary linguistics. The central aims of this book are to answer this question, to cut through the controversies, and to contribute to research in distant genetic relationships. In doing this the authors aim to: (1) show how the methods have been employed; (2) reveal which methods, techniques, and strategies have proven successful and which ones have proven ineffective; (3) determine how particular language families were established; (4) evaluate several of the most prominent and more controversial proposals of distant genetic relationship (such as Amerind, Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Proto-World, and others); and (5) make recommendations for practice in future research. This book will contribute significantly to understanding language classification in general.

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About the Authors

Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah.

William J. Poser is Adjunct Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052188005X
ISBN 13 
9780521880053
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
548