Les Langues Du Monde Par Un Groupe De Linguistes. (Languages of the World by a Group of Linguists)

Meillet, A.and Marcel Cohen

Published by Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion, Paris, France, 1924

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Grey end-papers. Paul Jules Antoine Meillet was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen was an important scholar of Semitic languages and especially of Ethiopian languages. He studied the French language and contributed much to general linguistics. The authors of this work wanted to give an idea of the distribution of languages in the world, taking into account the history of these languages. They acknowledge that a collective work such as this necessarily lacks unity & that the various fields are unequally studied: from the Indo-European group, for which there is a carefully established comparative grammar, to American languages for which they have usually not gone beyond, and often not reached, the stage of description, All sorts of cases occur. On the other hand, as the authors have different training and habits of mind. it would have been futile to seek similar presentations. By imposing the same plan, the same way of treating the subject, the work would only have ended up giving the illusion of parallelism. The main thing was to mark, for each field, the current state of knowledge. The authors could only achieve this on the condition of having their freedom and conforming their presentation to the conditions specific to their special discipline. Illustrated with18 fold-out maps in color & black and white, all present & bound in at rear of book Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi + 811. Text is in French. Spine browned with age. White titles spine & front. Includes index; names of languages and scripts; maps and sketches in the text; plates outside the text; & table of contents. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; History of Languages; Reference; Sociolinguistics; French Language; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 5130. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hardcover (Original Green Cloth). Seller Inventory # 5130

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Title: Les Langues Du Monde Par Un Groupe De ...

Publisher: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion, Paris, France

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.