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| Genre/Form: | Maps Atlas |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Atlas |
| Document Type: | Map |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher Moseley; R E Asher; Giles Darkes; et al |
| ISBN: | 0415310741 9780415310741 |
| OCLC Number: | 163566751 |
| Description: | 1 atlas (xv, 400 p.) : col. maps ; 43 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / R.E. Asher and Christopher Moseley -- Section 1. North America / Victor Golla ... [et al.] -- Latin America : general remarks -- Section 2. Meso-America / Terrence Kaufman -- Section 3. South America / Terrence Kaufman with the help of Brent Berlin -- Section 4. Australasia and the Pacific / Darrell Tryon -- Section 5. East and South-east Asia / David Bradley ; contributor, Alan Sanders -- Section 6. Southern Asia : from Iran to Bangladesh / R.E. Asher -- Section 7. Northern Asia and Eastern Europe / Bernard Comrie ; contributor, Alan Sanders -- Section 8. Western Europe / J. Lachlan Mackenzie -- Section 9. The Middle East and North Africa / A.K. Irvine ; contributor, David Appleyard -- Section 10. Sub-Saharan Africa / Benji Wald. |
| Responsibility: | general editors, R.E. Asher and Christopher Moseley ; section editors, R.E. Asher ... [et al.] ; cartographic editor, Giles Darkes. |
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Reviews of the second edition: 'This atlas is undoubtedly a valuable reference work for those interested in languages of the world. This updated and augmented edition is highly recommended for collection in major libraries, be they academic or public.' The Linguist List "The new edition of this engaging and superbly organized atlas is intended to 'map as far as current knowledge allows the location of all living languages no matter how small the number of speakers'...The Atlas is highly recommended for academic and large public libraries as well as for libraries that havefound the first edition useful."-- Christine Whittington, Booklist Reviews of the first edition: 'This is a monumental production and provides a definitive analysis of the known languages of the world. The publishers, the editors and the authors of individual sections deserve the warmest congratulations on producing a scholarly work of reference of primary importance for anyone concerned with the study of contemporary languages.' - The Year in Reference 'This atlas's extraordinary attention to detail is astonishing' - The Economist 'Routledge's monolithic new Atlas of the World's Languages provides an unprecedented account of the linguistic composition of the world!So large a contribution is the atlas that I predict it will stimulate its own cottage industry of geographical linguistic research' Mark Pagel, Nature Read more...
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- Linguistic geography -- Maps.
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