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245 10 a| Are some languages better than others? /c| R.M.W. Dixon.;

250 a| First edition.;

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300 a| vii, 272 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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

Author/creator	Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date	©2016
Description	vii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	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

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