Atlas of the World's Languages （2 New）

Asher, R. E. (EDT)/ Moseley, Christopher (EDT)

Taylor & Francis（2020/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 416 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367570255
• DDC分類 425

Full Description

Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction.This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers:up-to-date research, some from fieldwork in early 2006a general linguistic history of each sectionan overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each sectionstatistical and sociolinguistic information a large number of new or completely updated mapsfurther reading and a bibliography for each sectiona cross-referenced language index of over 6,000 languages.Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6,000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the Atlas of the World's Languages is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library.

Contents

Introduction. List of Maps / Abbreviations 1. North America 2. Meso-America 3. South America 4. Australasia and the Pacific 5. East and South-East Asia 6. Southern Asia 7. Northern Asia and Eastern Europe 8. Western Europe 9. Middle East and North Africa 10. Sub-Saharan Africa. Index of Languages