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Focusing on linguistic classification, the book compiles Joseph Greenberg's significant contributions to understanding the genetic relationships among the world's languages. It highlights his pioneering classification of African languages and explores his influential theories regarding language families in Oceania, the Americas, and Eurasia, specifically Indo-Pacific, Amerind, and Eurasiatic. This collection showcases Greenberg's lasting impact on the field of linguistics over the past fifty years.
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Genetic Linguistics, Joseph H. Greenberg
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Genetic Linguistics
- Subtitle
- Essays on Theory and Method
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joseph H. Greenberg
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 460
- ISBN13
- 9780199257720
- Description
- Focusing on linguistic classification, the book compiles Joseph Greenberg's significant contributions to understanding the genetic relationships among the world's languages. It highlights his pioneering classification of African languages and explores his influential theories regarding language families in Oceania, the Americas, and Eurasia, specifically Indo-Pacific, Amerind, and Eurasiatic. This collection showcases Greenberg's lasting impact on the field of linguistics over the past fifty years.