The Amazonian Languages
The Amazonian Languages by R. M. W. Dixon, published by Cambridge University Press on November 23, 2006, is a digitally printed first paperback version comprising 476 pages. This book offers an overview of the Amazon Basin, recognized as the least known and most complex linguistic region globally, home to approximately 300 languages. Many of these languages are inadequately documented and face endangerment, presenting unique properties that challenge established notions of linguistic universals.
Readers will find a comprehensive introduction to this diverse linguistic area, which serves as a foundation for further research on Amazonian languages. The work highlights the significance of these languages within the fields of linguistics and language arts, making it a valuable resource for theoretical linguists and those interested in foreign language study. This edition provides essential data and insights into a region that remains largely unexplored in the linguistic landscape.
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The Amazon Basin is the least known and the most complex linguistic region in the world today. It is the home of some 300 languages many of which (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book is the first in English to provide an accessible overview of this rich and exciting linguistic area. It will provide a basis for further research on Amazonian languages as well as a point of entry to important data for theoretical linguists.
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