The World's Major Languages

Bernard Comrie

The World's Major Languages

From English, French, Spanish and Russian to Pashto, Tagalog, and Swahili, this is the first comprehensive reference work to provide detailed information about the world's forty major languages. Written by acknowledged specialists in the field, the volume begins with a general introduction to
language and language families, followed by language-family sections that provide an informative essay about that language, and individual chapters that discuss the history, distribution, syntax, grammar and punctuation, writing and spelling systems, standards of usage, and other important aspects
of each language.


  • ISBN: 0195065115
  • ISBN-13: 9780195065114
  • Editor : Bernard Comrie
  • Language : English
  • Format:  Paperback
  • Publication Date: 6/1/1990
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Price ($AUD): $98.95

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