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Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (, La Trobe University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.942kg
ISBN: 9780198238867
ISBN 10: 019823886
Pages: 564
Publication Date: 30 March 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
a real treasure...highly stimulating. Thomas Stolz, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung Aikhenvald's book is the most comprehensive and dependable guide available - it is unique Terry Malone, SIL International Book Reviews The most thorough attempt to date on noun categorization devices. It surveys about 500 languages which the author claims is one-tenth of all languages. Language This study is extremely authoritative and up-to-date ... This book has much to offer linguists motivated by any one of several primary interests, particularly universals and the connection between language and cognition. Journal of Linguistics Aikhenvald displays the rare gift of being able to inspire interest in new research through the success of her own results, without stifling those future possibilities through undue certitude in having discovered all of the answers already. The best thing about this very excellent book is precisely the author's keen awareness that it is not the last word on the subject. Journal of Linguistics Data presented in a clear, straightforward manner ... also cutting edge research presented in the spirit of a work in progress. Journal of Linguistics
a real treasure...highly stimulating. Thomas Stolz, Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung Aikhenvald's book is the most comprehensive and dependable guide available - it is unique Terry Malone, SIL International Book Reviews The most thorough attempt to date on noun categorization devices. It surveys about 500 languages which the author claims is one-tenth of all languages. Language This study is extremely authoritative and up-to-date ... This book has much to offer linguists motivated by any one of several primary interests, particularly universals and the connection between language and cognition. Journal of Linguistics Aikhenvald displays the rare gift of being able to inspire interest in new research through the success of her own results, without stifling those future possibilities through undue certitude in having discovered all of the answers already. The best thing about this very excellent book is precisely the author's keen awareness that it is not the last word on the subject. Journal of Linguistics Data presented in a clear, straightforward manner ... also cutting edge research presented in the spirit of a work in progress. Journal of Linguistics
Author Information
Alexandra Aikhenvald has been Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University since 1994. She was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 198089, and Professor of Linguistics at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, until 1994. Her books include A Structural and Typological Classification of Berber (Moscow 19867, in 3 parts) and Modern Hebrew (Moscow 1990).
