Are some languages better than others?

Are some languages better than others? / R.M.W. Dixon.

This study answers a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some languages better than others? Written in the author's usual accessible and engaging style, it outlines the essential and optional features of language, before concluding that the ideal language does not and pr...

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Main Author: Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Comparative linguistics.
Typology (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Comparative linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general
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Summary:This study answers a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some languages better than others? Written in the author's usual accessible and engaging style, it outlines the essential and optional features of language, before concluding that the ideal language does not and probably never will exist.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780191821066
0191821063
0191079413
9780191079412
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford, viewed March 5, 2018).

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