The Rise and Fall of Languages

by R.M.W. Dixon

Book Overview

This book puts forward a different approach to language change, the punctuated equilibrium model. This is based on the premise that during most of the 100,000 or more years that humans have had... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521626544
• ISBN13: 9780521626545
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"