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'The first volume of what promises to be an interesting work of scholarship is concerned with how to classify languages in genetic terms, and with the resulting classification of nearly 5,000 languages into 17 major families and many subgroupings, plus a mention of language isolates, invented languages, pidgins and creoles, and unclassified (that is, with insufficient data) ... Ruhlen's presentation is comprehensible to the general reader but also meaty enough for the specialist, and he aims to show how and why controversies still exist over some classifications ... In general, this volume promises well: it systematically presents the contemporary picture, and is useful as a work of reference. There are good maps and three good indexes.'The Modern Language Review
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This is the first of three pathbreaking volumes that will constitute a wide-ranging analytical guide to the world's approximately 5,000 languages. The volumes are written for both linguists and general readers, and this first volume in particular assumes no background in linguistics. A postscript prepared for this paperback edition takes research data to 1990. The book is illustrated with 21 maps.
'The first volume of what promises to be an interesting work of scholarship is concerned with how to classify languages in genetic terms, and with the resulting classification of nearly 5,000 languages into 17 major families and many subgroupings, plus a mention of language isolates, invented languages, pidgins and creoles, and unclassified (that is, with insufficient data) ... Ruhlen's presentation is comprehensible to the general reader but also meaty enough for the specialist, and he aims to show how and why controversies still exist over some classifications ... In general, this volume promises well: it systematically presents the contemporary picture, and is useful as a work of reference. There are good maps and three good indexes.'The Modern Language Review
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This is the first of three pathbreaking volumes that will constitute a wide-ranging analytical guide to the world's approximately 5,000 languages. The volumes are written for both linguists and general readers, and this first volume in particular assumes no background in linguistics. A postscript prepared for this paperback edition takes research data to 1990. The book is illustrated with 21 maps.
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