Linguistic Diversity - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Nettle (Author), D. H. Nettleton (Author)There are some 6,500 different languages in the world. This book investigates why diversity arose, h ow it relates to the origins and evolution of language and culture, and whether the uneven distribution of human languages may be linked with patterns of human geography and history. Daniel Nettle draws on work in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archeology, and evolutionary science to explain linguistic diversity. Number of Pages: 180 Dimensions: 0.67 x 9.48 x 6.58 IN Publication Date: July 24, 2002 Show more