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Publication details [#34855]

Comrie, Bernard. 1987. The world's major languages. Oxford University Press. xiii + 1025 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language spread | language typology | language use | minority language | sociolinguistics
Language as a subject
Languages of the world

Annotation

This volume provides a historical overview and information on phonological, morphological, syntactical and lexical elements of language families and individual languages, distinguishing between major and minor languages.

Reviewed by

Lihani, John. 1990. Review of $The world's major languages.