Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable (Studies in the Evolution of Language)

by PeterTrudgill (Editor), Geoffrey Sampson (Editor), David Gil (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $31.73

  This fascinating book challenges the idea that languages are equally complex. Eighteen scholars look at evidence from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and change and social complexity. Their conclusions challenge conventional ideas about the nature of language and contemporary theory.