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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198238584
ISBN-13
9780198238584
eBay Product ID (ePID)
963392
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
180 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Linguistic Diversity
Subject
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-053373
Dewey Edition
21
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'His conclusions, while by no means earth-shaking in their implications,are eminently reasonable and manage to tie together a number of strands ofthought in an original and creative way ... a valuable contribution to ourunderstanding of how and why languages have changed over time.'F Newmeyer, Journal of Linguistics, This volume represents the synthesis of a bewildering amount of information and theory in numerous disciplines., 'A panopoly of possible microprocesses of language variation are explored painstakingly and with great ingenuity by the author ... This book is a mine of geolinguistic and sociolinguistic data, presented in a plain and captivating style.'Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, TREE, vol 15 no 4 April 2000, Nettle makes an important contribution to our understanding of reasons for the variation in the number of languages by correlating economic factors of subsistence with linguistic diversity., 'His conclusions, while by no means earth-shaking in their implications, are eminently reasonable and manage to tie together a number of strands of thought in an original and creative way ... a valuable contribution to our understanding of how and why languages have changed over time.'F Newmeyer, Journal of Linguistics, 'A panopoly of possible microprocesses of language variation are explored painstakingly and with great ingenuity by the author ... This book is a mine of geolinguistic and sociolinguistic data, presented in a plain and captivating style.'Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, TREE, vol 15 no 4 April 2000'His conclusions, while by no means earth-shaking in their implications, are eminently reasonable and manage to tie together a number of strands of thought in an original and creative way ... a valuable contribution to our understanding of how and why languages have changed over time.'F Newmeyer, Journal of Linguistics, His conclusions ... are eminently reasonable and manage to tie together a number of strands of thought in an original and creative way ... a valuable contribution to our understanding of how and why languages have changed over time., Nettle has produced a careful, thoughtful, and valuable study. He is to be commended for being unafraid to challenge the shibboleth that biological and linguistic diversity are wholly unrelated. He substantially adds to our knowledge of why languages have come to be distributed the way they are., 'A panopoly of possible microprocesses of language variation are exploredpainstakingly and with great ingenuity by the author ... This book is a mine ofgeolinguistic and sociolinguistic data, presented in a plain and captivatingstyle.'Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, TREE, vol 15 no 4 April 2000
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
400
Table Of Content
1. Introduction1.1 Preamble1.2 The Family Tree Model1.3 The Linguistic Item and Linguistic Pool1.4 Levels and Diversity in the Linguistic Pool1.5 Justification, Disguised as Apology1.6 The Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach2. Language Evolution: Basic Mechanisms2.1 Introduction2.2 The Neutral Model2.3 Problems with the Neutral Model2.4 Additional Amplifiers2.5 Summary and Conclusions3. Language Evolution: Computer Simulations3.1 Introduction3.2 The Use of Computer Simulations3.3 Methods3.4 Basic Results3.5 More Realistic Social Structures3.6 Social Selection3.7 Functional Selection3.8 Discrete Traits3.9 Discussion3.10 Adaptive Significance of Social Selection4. Language Diversity: Patterns in Space4.1 Introduction4.2 Quantifying Language Diversity4.3 Vectors of Language Spread4.4 Case Studies4.5 Ecological Risk as a Universal Constraint4.6 Testing the Theory: Methods4.7 Testing the Theory: Results4.8 Hunter-gatherers4.9 Conclusions5. Language Diversity: Changes in Time5.1 Introduction5.2 The Palaeolithic Equilibrium5.3 The Neolithic Punctuation5.4 The Neolithic Aftershock5.5 The Industrial Punctuation5.6 Prospect6. Phylogenetic Diversity6.1 Introduction6.2 Lineages and Stocks6.3 The Distribution of Stocks6.4 Stocks and Time: Nichol's Model6.5 Stocks and Time: An Alternative Model6.6 Validating the Model6.7 Conclusions7. Structural Diversity7.1 Introduction7.2 Causes of Structural Diversity7.3 Geographical Distribution of Structural Diversity7.4 Case Study: Phonological Inventory and the Lexicon7.5 ConclusionsEpilogueAppendix - Global Language Diversity Data
Synopsis
There are some 6,500 different languages in the world, belonging to around 250 distinct families and conforming to numerous grammatical types. This book explains why. Given that the biological mechanisms underlying language are the same in all normal human beings, would we not be a more successful species if we spoke one language? Daniel Nettle considers how this extraordinary and rich diversity arose, how it relates to the nature of language, cognition, and culture, and how it is linked with the main patterns of human geography and history.Human languages and language families are not distributed evenly: there are relatively few in Eurasia compared to the profusion found in Australasia, the Pacific, and the Americas. There is also a marked correlation between biodiversity and linguistic diversity. The author explains the processes by which this distribution evolved and changes still. To do so he returns to the earliest origins of language, reconstructing the processes of linguistic variation and diffusion that occurred when humans first filled the continents and, thousands of years later, turned to agriculture. He ends by examining the causes of linguistic mortality, and why the number of the world's languages may halve before 2100.Linguistic Diversity draws on work in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archaeology, and evolutionary science to provide a comprehensive account of the patterns of linguistic diversity. It is written in a clear, lively and accessible style, and will appeal broadly across the natural and human sciences, as well as to the informed general reader., There are some 6,500 different languages in the world; they belong to around 250 distinct families and conform to numerous grammatical types. This book investigates why diversity arose, how it relates to the origins and evolution of language and culture, and whether the uneven distribution of human languages may be linked with patterns of human geography and history. Daniel Nettle draws on work in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archaeology, and evolutionary science to explain linguistic diversity. He writes clearly and accessibly: his book will appeal broadly across the human and natural sciences, as well as to the informed general reader., There are some 6,500 different languages in the world. This book investigates why diversity arose, how it relates to the origins and evolution of language and culture, and whether the uneven distribution of human languages may be linked with patterns of human geography and history. Daniel Nettle draws on work in anthropology, linguistics, geography, archeology, and evolutionary science to explain linguistic diversity.
LC Classification Number
P106.N43 1999
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