The Oxford handbook of languages of the Caucasus / edited by Maria Polinsky.

Other author Polinsky, Maria.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxxx, 1158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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Portion of title Handbook of languages of the Caucasus
SeriesOxford handbooks
Abstract "The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus is an introduction to and overview of the linguistically diverse languages of southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Though the languages of the Caucasus have often been mischaracterized or exoticized, many of them have cross-linguistically rare features found in few or no other languages. This handbook presents facts and descriptions of the languages written by experts. The first half of the book is an introduction to the languages, with the linguistic profiles enriched by demographic research about their speakers. It features overviews of the main language families as well as detailed grammatical descriptions of several individual languages. The second half of the book delves more deeply into theoretical analyses of features, such as agreement, ellipsis, and discourse properties, which are found in some languages of the Caucasus. Promising areas for future research are highlighted throughout the handbook, which will be of interest to linguists of all subfields"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 1003-1078) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020021155
ISBN9780190690694 (hardback)
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