Yo Matsumoto, David Oshima, Orrin Robinson, Peter Sells, David Oshima, Orrin Robinson, Peter Sells

Broschiertes Buch

Diversity in Language

Perspectives and Implications

Herausgeber: Oshima, David; Matsumoto, Yo; Sells, Peter; Robinson, Orrin

Beschreibung

What does linguistic diversity tell us about the human mind? From historical perspectives on Indonesian to apparent time change in Smith Island verbs, from unplanned spoken Russian to argument structure in the Pacific Northwest, the essays in this work render a spectrum of linguistic possibility.

Autor

Yoshiko Matsumoto is associate professor of Japanese language and linguistics at Stanford University.David Oshima is visiting assistant professor in the department of languages and literatures at Arizona State University. Orrin Robinson is professor of German studies and director of the Introduction to the Humanities Program at Stanford University. Peter Sells is professor of linguistics and Asian languages at Stanford University.

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes
• Verlag: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781575865362
• ISBN-10: 157586536X
• Artikelnr.: 22124013