The rise and fall of languages / R.M.W. Dixon
- Bib ID:
- 1725577
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- Author:
- Dixon, Robert M. W
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997
- vi,169 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521623103
- 0521626544
- Summary:
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History of languages ; rate of linguistics change; family tree model of linguistic diversification.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction
- 2. Preliminaries
- 3. Linguistic Areas and Diffusion
- 4. The Family Tree Model
- 5. Modes of change
- 6. The Punctuated Equilibrium Model
- 7. More on proto-languages
- 8. Recent history
- 9. Today's priorities
- 10. Summary and prospects
- Appendix
- References.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p153-162. - Includes index.
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