Language Isolates

Lyle Campbell

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Routledge
12 December 2019

Philosophy of language; Anthropology

Series: Routledge Language Family Series

Language Isolates explores this fascinating group of languages that surprisingly comprise a third of the world’s languages.

Individual chapters written by experts on these languages examine the world's major language isolates by geographic regions, with up-to-date descriptions of many, including previously unrecorded language isolates. Each language isolate represents a unique lineage and a unique window on what is possible in human language, making this an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding the diversity of languages and the very nature of human language.

Language Isolates is key reading for professionals and students in linguistics and anthropology.

Edited by: Lyle Campbell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780367870959
ISBN 10: 0367870959
Series: Routledge Language Family Series
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.