Compendium of the World's Languages

ISBN-13: 9780367570378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 1984 str.

George L. Campbell; Gareth King

Opis

Over 300 of the most important and interesting languages, from all the language-families, are described in this unique work structured for cross linguistic comparison. It includes many special features as well as 41 language-family articles.

Spis treści

Volume I: Abaza to Kyrgyz. Preface. Glossary of terms. The International Phonetic Alphabet Chart. IPA symbols by feature/point of articulation. IPA symbols by alphabetic similarity. Index of languages. Languages A-Z   Volume II: Lak to Zuni.   Languages L-Z.  Comparative grid of numbers 1-10 (alphabetical listing).  Comparative grid of numbers (genetic listing).   Bibliography.

O autorze

George L. Campbell worked for the BBC World Service and was a polyglot linguist and translator.

Gareth King is Series Advisor for the Routledge Colloquials Series and the author of numerous books on language and linguistics.