Are some languages better than others? /
This study answers a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some languages better than others? Written in the author's usual accessible and engaging style, it outlines the essential and optional features of language, before concluding that the ideal language does not and pr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This study answers a question that many linguists have been hesitant to ask: are some languages better than others? Written in the author's usual accessible and engaging style, it outlines the essential and optional features of language, before concluding that the ideal language does not and probably never will exist. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191821066 0191821063 0191079413 9780191079412 |