Diversity in Language
Perspectives and Implications
Edited by Yoshiko Matsumoto, David Oshima, Orrin Robinson, and Peter Sells
CSLI, 2007
What does linguistic diversity tell us about the human mind? In the comprehensive volume Diversity in Language, a renowned team of contributorsassess the intricacies of linguistic variation. From historical perspectives on Indonesian to apparent time change in Smith Island verbs, from unplanned spoken Russian to argument structure in the Pacific Northwest, these essays render the full spectrum of linguistic possibility.
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