Linguistic diversity
Auteur :
Nettle, Daniel
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198238584
Date de publication :
6 mai 1999
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,1 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
412 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Investigating the diversity of language, this text examines why diversity evolved at all, given that the biological mechanisms underlying language are the same in all human beings. The distribution of diversity is discussed as being linked with the major patterns of human geography and prehistory.