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Are some languages better than others?
Are some languages better than others?
Author
Dixon, Robert M. W
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
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From the Book - First edition.
1. Setting the scene
2. How languages work
3. What is necessary
4. What is desirable
5. What is not (really) needed
6. How about complexity?
7. How many words should there be?
8. limits of a language
9. Better for what purpose?
10. ideal language
11. Facing up to the question.
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Subjects
Subjects
Comparative linguistics
Complexity
Grammar, Comparative and general
Kontrastive Grammatik
Sprache
Sprachtypologie
Typology (Linguistics)
Werturteil
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9780198766810
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