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The language of hunter-gatherers / edited by Tom Güldemann, Patrick McConvell, Richard A. Rhodes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hunting and gathering societies--History--21st century.
- Hunting and gathering societies.
- Language and culture.
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 723 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Hunter-gatherers are often portrayed as 'others' standing outside the main trajectory of human social evolution. But even after eleven millennia of agriculture and two centuries of widespread industrialization, hunter-gatherer societies continue to exist. This volume, using the lens of language, offers us a window into the inner workings of twenty-first-century hunter-gatherer societies - how they survive and how they interface with societies that produce more. It challenges long-held assumptions about the limits on social dynamism in hunter-gatherer societies to show that their languages are no different either typologically or sociolinguistically from other languages. With its worldwide coverage, this volume serves as a report on the state of hunter-gatherer societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and readers in all geographical areas will find arguments of relevance here.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Feb 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-57719-9
- 1-108-63115-0
- 1-139-02620-8
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