Languages: A Very Short Introduction

Languages: A Very Short Introduction
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9780199590599
ISBN-13 : 0199590591
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Download or read book Languages: A Very Short Introduction written by Stephen R. Anderson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect.


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