Some structural features of languages predict others, some remain unchanged in daughter languages, others have an areal consistency; in establishing typologically, historically and geographically stable features in the worlds languages, ...

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A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

Jack D. Forbes's monumental Africans and Native Americans has become a canonical text in the study of relations between the two groups.

Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades.

In English with an Accent Rosina Lippi-Green examines American attitudes towards language, exposing the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate social structures.

A History of the Japanese Language is invaluable to all those interested in the Japanese language and also students of language change generally.

Introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages, familiarizing them with the variety of languages around the world.

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of a language that came from nowhere to conquer the world.