Described by Ken Hale as 'nothing less than a masterpiece' and by
P. H. Matthews as 'absolutely clear, astonishingly complete,
factually fascinating', The Languages of Australia (first published
in 1980 and now reissued) was a landmark in Australian linguistics.
This pioneering work of synthesis covered more than two hundred
Aboriginal languages, and stimulated the next generation of
scholarship in the field. The author's subsequent search for an
overarching theoretical model to explain the unusual properties of
Australian languages finally led him to adopt a 'punctuated
equilibrium' model of language development. Dixon proposed this in
The Rise and Fall of Languages (1997), which provided the framework
for his major work Australian Languages: Their Nature and
Development (2002). The Languages of Australia is still sought
after, however, as a benchmark in the discipline and because its
first four chapters provide a valuable non-technical introduction
that does not appear in the 2002 volume.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics |
| Release date: |
2011 |
| First published: |
September 2010 |
| Authors: |
R. M. W. Dixon
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
572 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-01785-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-108-01785-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781108017855 |
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