Languages: A Very Short Introduction

by Stephen R. Anderson

Book Overview

How many languages are there? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? In this Very Short Introduction, eminent linguist Stephen Anderson addresses such questions as he illuminates the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different languages and linguistic examples, Anderson provides the basic facts about the world's major families of spoken languages and their distribution around the globe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199590591
• ISBN13: 9780199590599
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"