Languages In The World

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How History, Culture, and Politics Shape Language

By Julie Tetel Andresen and Phillip M. Carter

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Languages In The World offers an innovative introduction to the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, tracing their evolution over 200,000 years. It combines linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political contexts to reveal the complex relationship between language and society. Drawing from diverse fields such as linguistics, history, biology, genetics, and sociology, the book provides an interdisciplinary overview. It includes nine detailed language profiles, covering Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché, enriching understanding of linguistic diversity.
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This book is ideal for students and readers new to linguistics, as well as those interested in language evolution, sociolinguistics, and interdisciplinary studies of language and society. The accompanying website with supplementary materials further supports learners.

This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years.

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This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years.

Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society.

Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguistic anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more.

Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché.

A companion website offers a host of supplementary materials including sound files, further exercises, and detailed introductory information for students new to linguistics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118531280

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 400

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Education & Reference Julie Tetel Andresen Non-Fiction Phillip M. Carter

About the Author

Julie Tetel Andresen is Professor of English and formerChair of Linguistic at Duke University. A linguistichistoriographer focusing on French, German, British, and Americantheories of language from the eighteenth to the twenty-firstcenturies, she is the author of Linguistics and Evolution:A Developmental Approach (2013) and Linguistics inAmerica 1769 1924: A Critical History (1996). Phillip M. Carter is Assistant Professor of English andLinguistics at Florida International University. Specializing inimmigrant and ethnolinguistic minority communities in the UnitesStates, his work on the language varieties and cultural practicesof U.S. Latinos has been published in leading journals,including Language in Society, EnglishWorldwide, Journal ofSociolinguistics, American Speech,and Language in Linguistics Compass.