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Genetic linguistics : essays on theory and method / Joseph H. Greenberg ; edited with an introduction and bibliography by William Croft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Classification.
- Language and languages.
- Categorization (Linguistics).
- Comparative linguistics.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (459 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book collects Joseph Greenberg's most important writings on the genetic classification of the world's languages. William Croft sets the work in context and considers its impact and the bitter controversy it excited.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Part I. Classification, grouping, and subgrouping; Part II. Classification, sound correspondences, and reconstruction; Part III. Indo-Pacific, Amerind, Eurasiatic; Part IV. Genetic linguistics and human history; Bibliography of Works Related to Joseph H. Greenberg's Theory and Methods for Genetic Linguistics; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9786610845774
- 9781383039900
- 1383039909
- 9781280845772
- 1280845775
- 9780191514524
- 0191514527
- 9781429468640
- 1429468645
- OCLC:
- 476257007
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