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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820239803321

Autore

Greenberg Joseph H (Joseph Harold), <1915-2001.>

Titolo

Genetic linguistics : essays on theory and method / / Joseph H. Greenberg ; edited with an introduction and bibliography by William Croft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-03990-9

1-280-84577-5

9786610845774

0-19-151452-7

1-4294-6864-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (459 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Altri autori (Persone)

CroftWilliam

Disciplina

415/.018

Soggetti

Language and languages

Categorization (Linguistics)

Comparative linguistics

Typology (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Part I. Classification, grouping, and subgrouping; Part II. Classification, sound correspondences, and reconstruction; Part III. Indo-Pacific, Amerind, Eurasiatic; Part IV. Genetic linguistics and human history; Bibliography of Works Related to Joseph H. Greenberg's Theory and Methods for Genetic Linguistics; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book collects Joseph Greenberg's most important writings on the genetic classification of the world's languages. William Croft sets the work in context and considers its impact and the bitter controversy it excited.