Are some languages better than others?

Are some languages better than others? / R.M.W. Dixon.

Author/creator	Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright Notice	©2016
Description	vii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Comparative linguistics. Typology (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
ISBN	0198766815
ISBN	9780198766810

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	P143 .D59 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold