Diversity in Language - Perspectives and Implications

Informationen zum Autor Yoshiko Matsumoto is associate professor of Japanese language and linguistics at Stanford University. David Oshima is visiting assistant professor in the department of languages and literatures at Arizona State University. Orrin Robinson is professor of German studies and director of the Introduction to the Humanities Program at Stanford University. Peter Sells is professor of linguistics and Asian languages at Stanford University. Klappentext What does linguistic diversity tell us about the human mind? In the comprehensive volume "Diversity in Language!" a renowned team of contributors""assess the intricacies of linguistic variation. From historical perspectives on Indonesian to apparent time change in Smith Island verbs! from unplanned spoken Russian to argument structure in the Pacific Northwest! these essays render the full spectrum of linguistic possibility. Zusammenfassung What does linguistic diversity tell us about the human mind? From historical perspectives on Indonesian to apparent time change in Smith Island verbs! from unplanned spoken Russian to argument structure in the Pacific Northwest! the essays in this work render a spectrum of linguistic possibility.

Product details

• Authors: Yoshiko (EDT)/ Oshima Matsumoto
• Assisted by: Yo Matsumoto (Editor), Yoshiko Matsumoto (Editor), David Oshima (Editor), Orrin Robinson (Editor), Peter Sells (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2007
• EAN: 9781575865362
• ISBN: 978-1-57586-536-2
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Center for the Study of Language & Information - Lecture Notes; Center for the Study of Langua; Lecture Notes; Center for the Study of Language & Information - Lecture Notes; CSLI Lecture Notes (CSLI- CHUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics