ISBN10: 0521286212, ISBN13: 9780521286213, [publisher: Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge, Cambridge] Softcover First Edition 8vo. pp xiii, 305. Publisher's green covers lettered in white.ISBN: 0521286212 Very good, with some shelfwear at edges. Small faint crease at bottom corner of front cover.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1986]
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Date: 1986. Trade paperback. Very good.. Trade paperback (US). 320 p. Cambridge Language Surveys. Audience: Professional and scholarly. . This introduction to the descriptive and historical linguistics of the Papuan languages of New Guinea provide an accessible account of one of the richest and most diverse linguistic situations in the world. The Papuan languages number over 700 (or 20 per cent of the world's total) in more than sixty language families. Less than a quarter of the individual languages have yet been adequately documented, and in this sense William Foley's book might be considered premature. However, in the search for language universals and generalisations in linguistic typology, it would be foolhardy to neglect the information that is available. In this respect alone, the present volume, systematically organised on mainly typology principles, is particularly timely and useful. In addition, the processes of linguistic diffusion are present in New Guinea to an extent probably paralleled elsewhere on the globe. The Papuan Languages of New Guinea will be of interest not only to general and comparative linguists and to typologists, but also to sociolinguists and anthropologists for the information it provides on the social dynamics of language content. 1986. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521286212 9780521286213 [US]

ISBN10: 0521286212, ISBN13: 9780521286213, [publisher: Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge, Cambridge] Softcover First Edition 8vo. pp xiii, 305. Publisher's green covers lettered in white.ISBN: 0521286212 Very good, with some shelfwear at edges. Small faint crease at bottom corner of front cover.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1986]
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Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1986 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Unspecified. Cambridge Language Surveys . Includes unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1986 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). 320 p. Cambridge Language Surveys . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.

ISBN10: 0521286212, ISBN13: 9780521286213, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.2
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