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The World Atlas of Language Structures (Repost)

Posted By: elodar
The World Atlas of Language Structures (Repost)

Martin Haspelmath, Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil, "The World Atlas of Language Structures"
English | 2005-10-06 | ISBN: 0199255911 | 712 pages | PDF | 664 mb

The World Atlas of Language Structures is a book displaying the structural properties of the world's languages. 142 world maps and numerous regional maps - all in colour - display the geographical distribution of features of pronunciation and grammar, such as number of vowels, tone systems, gender, plurals, tense, word order, and body part terminology. Each world map shows an average of 400 languages and is accompanied by a fully referenced description of the structural feature in question.

The Atlas will be especially valuable for linguistic typologists, grammatical theorists, historical and comparative linguists, and for those studying a region such as Africa, Southeast Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. It will also interest anthropologists and geographers. More than fifty authors from many different countries have collaborated to produce a work that sets new standards in comparative linguistics. No institution involved in language research can afford to be without it.

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