Languages: A Very Short Introduction

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Author	: Stephen R. Anderson
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 153
Release	: 2012-06-28
ISBN-10	: 9780199590599
ISBN-13	: 0199590591
Rating	: 4/5 (99 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Languages: A Very Short Introduction by : Stephen R. Anderson

Book excerpt: How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect.

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