Language Complexity As an Evolving Variable |
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| Editor:
| Sampson, Geoffrey
Gil, David
Trudgill, Peter |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-954522-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2009 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the nature of language and contemporary theory.
This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the nature of language and contemporary theory.