{"product_id":"introduction-to-the-languages-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Introduction to the Languages of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnatole Lyovin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrett Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Leben\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnique in scope, An Introduction to the Languages of the World introduces linguistics students to the variety of world's languages. Students will gain familiarity with concepts such as sound change, lexical borrowing, diglossia, and language diffusion, and the rich variety of linguistic structure in word order, morphological types, grammatical relations, gender, inflection, and derivation. It offers the opportunity to explore structures of varying and fascinating languages even with no prior acquaintance. A chapter is devoted to each of the world's continents, with in-depth analyses of representative languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America, and separate chapters cover writing systems and pidgins and creoles. Each chapter contains exercises and recommendations for further reading. New to this edition are eleven original maps as well as sections on sign languages and language death and revitalization. For greater readability, basic language facts are now organized in tables, and language samples follow international standards for phonetic transcription and word-by-word glossing. There is an instructor's manual available for registered instructors on the book's companion website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnatole Lyovin\u003c\/strong\u003e is retired Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrett Kessler\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Leben\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Stanford University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47447548920029,"sku":"9780195149883","price":136.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/a005WE1QLy9aakozcXVzaWFMZG1qdz09.webp?v=1771503195","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/introduction-to-the-languages-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}