Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages - Softcover

Dalby, Andrew

 
9780713678413: Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0713678410 ISBN 13: 9780713678413
Verlag: A&C Black Business Information and Development, 2006

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Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.

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Andrew Dalby is a historian and linguist. His languages include Sanskrit, Pali, Latin, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, German, and Burmese. He is the author of several books. He studied classics and linguistics at St John's College, Cambridge, and gained a PhD from London University.

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Verlag
A&C Black Business Information and Development
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0713678410
ISBN 13 
9780713678413
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
754
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