- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; 2nd Revised edition edition (5 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140514163
- ISBN-13: 978-0140514162
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,044,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The kind of dictionary you lose yourself in the moment you open it up. . . . You look up 'Isogloss' and get distracted by the fact, on the facing page, that Etruscan, Mohenjo-Daro and Japanese are isolated languages. Then you suddenly notice an entry for 'felicity conditions, ' find out what the hell that is before you go mad, then forget what you were looking for in the first place, but who cares? You can keep going for hours."--Nicholas Lezard "The Guardian "
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A comprehensive, authoritative A-Z of everything the general reader (and the linguist) needs to know about language, languages, linguistics, grammatical and literary concepts.
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This dictionary has entries for hundreds of languages, as well as information on where they are spoken and by how many speakers. You will also find a definition of every term in linguistics and numerous other bits of information about language. There are also several amusing cartoons. This book is excellent as a reference work for researchers and as a source of endless hours of learning and entertainment for anyone with more than a passing interest in language.
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