The World's Major Languages

by Bernard Comrie

Book Overview

From English, French, Spanish and Russian to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this is the first comprehensive reference work to provide detailed information about the world's forty major languages. Written by acknowledged specialists in the field, the volume begins with a general introduction to language and language families, followed by language-family sections that provide an informative essay about that language, and individual chapters that discuss...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195065115
• ISBN13: 9780195065114
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1040 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"