Language Isolates

Language Isolates is the first volume to explore this fascinating group of languages that comprise a third of the world's languages.

List of contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Introduction (Lyle Campbell)

Chapter 1 Language Isolates and their history (Lyle Campbell)

Chapter 2 Ancient Near Eastern and European isolates (Piotr Michalowski)

Chapter 3 Basque and the reconstruction of isolated languages (Joseba A. Lakarra)

Chapter 4 Ainu (Thomas Dougherty)

Chapter 5 Burushaski (Alexander D. Smith)

Chapter 6 Other isolated languages of Asia (Stefan Georg)

Chapter 7 African language isolates (Roger Blench)

Chapter 8 Language isolates of North America (Marianne Mithun)

Chapter 9 Language isolates of Mesoamerica and Northern Mexico (Raina Heaton)

Chapter 10 Language isolates in South America (Frank Seifart and Harald Hammarström)

Chapter 11 Language isolates in the New Guinea region (Harald Hammarström)

Chapter 12 Language isolates of Australia (Claire Bowern)

Chapter 13 Endangerment of language isolates (Eve Okura) References

Index

About the author

Lyle Campbell is a linguist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. He has also held joint appointments in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish.

Summary

Language Isolates is the first volume to explore this fascinating group of languages that comprise a third of the world’s languages.

Product details

• Authors: Lyle Campbell
• Assisted by: Lyle Campbell (Editor), Campbell Lyle (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367870959
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87095-9
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Routledge Language Family Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General