ISBN: 0415478413 9780415478410

Category: Foreign Language Study / General

Page count: 886

<p>This second edition of The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages has been completely revised to provide up-to-date and accurate descriptions of a wide cross-section of natural-language systems. All cultural and historical notes as well as statistical data for each language have been checked, updated and in many cases expanded.</p><p>Now offering an even broader range of languages including a greater number of the lesser-known ones, such as Cree, Maltese and Haitian Creole, this new edition of The Routledge Concise Compendium covers a total of 111 languages.</p><p>Key features include: </p><ul> <li>complete rewriting and systematization of the phonology sections for all languages</li> <li>provision of IPA symbol grids arranged by articulatory feature and by alphabetic resemblance to facilitate use of the new phonology sections</li> <li>expansion of morphology descriptions for all languages</li> <li>provision of new illustrative text samples </li> <li>addition of a glossary of technical terms </li> <li>comparative tables of the numerals 1-10 in all languages covered, and also grouped by family</li> <li>classification by genetic relationship of all languages covered.</li> </ul><p>Using the wealth of recent developments and research in language typology and broadened availability of descriptive data, this new incarnation of The Routledge Concise Compendium brings a much-loved survey emphatically into the twenty-first century for a new generation of readers.</p><p>The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages remains the ideal compact reference for all interested linguists and professionals alike. </p><p>Gary King is Series Advisor for the Roultedge Colloquials and the author of numerous books on language and linguistics. He is also UCAS co-ordinator and a lecturer at a large sixth-form college. </p><p>George L. Campbell worked for the BBC World Service and was a polyglot linguist and translator. </p>