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Author:   Lyle Campbell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780367870959

ISBN 10:   0367870959
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction (Lyle Campbell) Chapter 1 Language Isolates and their history (Lyle Campbell) Chapter 2 Ancient Near Eastern and European isolates (Piotr Michalowski) Chapter 3 Basque and the reconstruction of isolated languages (Joseba A. Lakarra) Chapter 4 Ainu (Thomas Dougherty) Chapter 5 Burushaski (Alexander D. Smith) Chapter 6 Other isolated languages of Asia (Stefan Georg) Chapter 7 African language isolates (Roger Blench) Chapter 8 Language isolates of North America (Marianne Mithun) Chapter 9 Language isolates of Mesoamerica and Northern Mexico (Raina Heaton) Chapter 10 Language isolates in South America (Frank Seifart and Harald Hammarström) Chapter 11 Language isolates in the New Guinea region (Harald Hammarström) Chapter 12 Language isolates of Australia (Claire Bowern) Chapter 13 Endangerment of language isolates (Eve Okura) References Index

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Lyle Campbell is a linguist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. He has also held joint appointments in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, and Spanish.

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