{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-languages-anatole-lyovin-9780195149883","title":"An Introduction to the Languages of the World","description":"Unique in scope, \u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to the Languages of the World\u003c\/em\u003e introduces linguistics students to the variety of world's languages. Students will gain familiarity with concepts such as sound change, lexical borrowing, diglossia, and language diffusion, and the rich variety of linguistic structure in word order, morphological types, grammatical relations, gender, inflection, and derivation. It offers the opportunity to explore structures of varying and fascinating languages even with no prior acquaintance. A chapter is devoted to each of the world's continents, with in-depth analyses of representative languages of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America, and separate chapters cover writing systems and pidgins and creoles. Each chapter contains exercises and recommendations for further reading. New to this edition are eleven original maps as well as sections on sign languages and language death and revitalization. For greater readability, basic language facts are now organized in tables, and language samples follow international standards for phonetic transcription and word-by-word glossing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is an instructor's manual available for registered instructors on the book's companion website.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anatole Lyovin, Brett Kessler, William Leben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195149882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195149883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Anatole Lyovin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992877334783,"sku":"9780195149883","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e33f7112-5c28-4b5a-ac88-eb3364370ece.jpg?v=1683321304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-languages-anatole-lyovin-9780195149883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}