Title: The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World (Facts on File Library of Language and Literature)**OUT OF . Library of Language and Literature Series)
Publisher: FACTS ON FILE
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0816051232
ISBN 13: 9780816051236
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Weight: 46 ounces

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Presents an introduction to languages and linguistics, including the evolution of over 200 languages, explanations of writing systems, language trees, and maps illustrating various aspects of all the language families.

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Bernard Comrie has a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University in England. He is currently professor of linguistics at the University of Southern California. Among his many publications are Language Universals and Linguistic Typology: Syntax and Morphology and The Russian Language in the Twentieth Century. Stephen Matthews earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Southern California. Since 1990 he has lectured in linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. Maria Polinsky earned a Ph.D. at the Institute for Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences. She is a professor of linguistics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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