{"product_id":"languages-in-the-world-isbn-9781118531259","title":"Languages In The World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBalances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA companion website offers a host of supplementary materials including, sound files, further exercises, and detailed introductory information for students new to linguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 0.1 World map with language families xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigure 0.1 IPA consonants xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigure 0.2 IPA vowels xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Website xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps and Figures xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Linguistic Preliminaries: Approach and Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Note: On Language 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 All Languages Were Once Spanglish 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mexican State of Coahuila y Tejas 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Language? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Many Languages Are There? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow and When Did Language Get Started? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structure of Spanglish 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Encounter of Spanish and English on Television in the United States 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Language Loop 22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Australian Walkabout 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing the Language Loop 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and Cognition 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage, the World, and Culture 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and Linguistic Structure 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage, Discourse, and Ideology 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Major and Minor Languages 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Contingencies of Time, Place, and Biology 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Linguistics and Classification 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Sanskrit in Philology 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf Linguistics, Philology, Linguists, and Grammarians 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic Classification 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAreal Classification 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypological Classification 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctional Classification 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Role of Sanskrit in India Today 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Effects of Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Note: On Power 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Effects of the Nation-State and the Possibility of Kurdistan 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLines Are Drawn in the Sand 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Status of Language on the Eve of the Nation-State 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Epistemology of the Nation-State 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French Revolution, German Romanticism, and Print Capitalism 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStandardization and the Instilling of Vergonha 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and Individual Identity 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s Race Got to Do with It? 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problematic Race–Nation–Language Triad 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Kurds Today – Different Places, Different Outcomes 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: Kurdî \/ [Kurdish (Indo-European)] 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Development of Writing in the Litmus of Religion and Politics 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of the Qur’¨¡n 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagico-Religious Interpretations of the Origins of Writing 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteps Toward the Representation of Speech 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTypes of Writing Systems 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and the Spread of Writing Systems 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Always Already Intervention of Politics 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrality and Literacy 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: Azerbaijan Achieves Alphabetic Autonomy 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: [Arabic (Afro-Asiatic)] 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Language Planning and Language Law: Shaping the Right to Speak 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMelting Snow and Protests at the Top of the World 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Academies: The First Enforcers 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother Look at Prescriptivism 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Language Official: A Tale of Three Patterns 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Policy and Education: A Similar Tale of Three Patterns 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Planners and Language Police 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: Choosing Death or Life 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: [Tibetan (Sino-Tibetan)] 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Effects of Movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Note: On Movement 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 A Mobile History: Mapping Language Stocks and Families 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustronesian Origin Stories 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Genetics and Links to Language 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Possible Polynesian Reconstruction 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinguistic Reconstructions Revisited 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProto-Indo-European and Its Homeland 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Language Stocks and Their Homelands 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels of Spread 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Tracks 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: On Density and Diversity 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: 'Olelo Hawai'i [Hawaiian (Austronesian)] 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Colonial Consequences: Language Stocks and Families Remapped 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEiffel Towers in Vietnam 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime-Depths and Terminology 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle Kingdom: Government-Encouraged Migrations 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinguistic Geography: Residual Zones and Spread Zones 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading Eurasian Empires: The Persians, Mongols, Slavs, and Romans 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligions as First Nations and Missionaries as Colonizers 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish as an Emergent Language Family 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: Creoles and the Case of Kreyòl Ayisyen 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: Tiéng Việt [Vietnamese (Austro-Asiatic)] 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Postcolonial Complications: Violent Outcomes 230\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTamil Tigers Create New Terrorist Techniques 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s in a Name? Burma\/Myanmar 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Sudan: The Clash of Two Colonialisms 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Caucasian Quasi-States: Two Types of Conflict 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoland’s Shifting Borders 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerrorism on the Iberian Peninsula: Basque and the ETA 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuébécois Consciousness and the Turbulent 1960s 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Zapatista Uprising and Indigenous Languages in Chiapas 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Parsley Massacre in the Dominican Republic 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: Tamil (Dravidian) 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Effects of Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductory Note: On Time 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Remote Past: Language Becomes Embodied 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLook There! 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking Linguistic Bedrock 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Primate Body and Human Adaptations to Language 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution in Four Dimensions 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Genetic Story 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrammatical Categories and Deep-Time Linguistics 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplexity and the Arrow of Time 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: The Last Stone Age Man in North America 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: !Xóõ [Taa (Khoisan)] 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Recorded Past: 'Catching Up to Conditions' Made Visible 292\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMongolian Horses 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Invariable Word in English 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Shift to Head-Marking in French 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Writing and e-Arabic 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Mongolian Cases 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Reformulating Hawaiian Identity 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Varieties of Chinese – Yesterday and Today 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Juba Arabic Pidgin, Nubi, and Other African Creoles 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: Language Change in Progress 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: [Mongolian (Mongolic)] 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Imagined Future: Globalization and the Fate of Endangered Languages 324\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGold in the Mayan Highlands 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Nation-State: The Globalized New Economy 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoney Talks: What Language Does It Speak? 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the Language Loop Unravels 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Hotspots 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Endangerment 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology to the Rescue 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnishinaabemowin Revitalization in Wisconsin 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Choice? 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinal Note: Our Advocacies 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Profile: K'iche' [Quiché (Mayan)] 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion Questions 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Index 373\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Tetel Andresen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and former Chair of Linguistic at Duke University. A linguistic historiographer focusing on French, German, British, and American theories of language from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eLinguistics and Evolution: A Developmental Approach\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eLinguistics in America 1769-1924: A Critical History\u003c\/em\u003e (1996). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhillip M. Carter\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at Florida International University. Specializing in immigrant and ethnolinguistic minority communities in the Unites States, his work on the language varieties and cultural practices of U.S. Latinos has been published in leading journals, including \u003cem\u003eLanguage in Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEnglish Worldwide\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Speech\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLanguage in Linguistics Compass\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This new volume by Andresen and Carter stands to change the way we teach sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. With analytical depth, eclectic breadth, history, biology, and culture, it is a brilliant addition to our pedagogical arsenal.” \u003ci\u003eNorma Mendoza-Denton, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The authors enthusiastically lead us along new pathways, proving that Linguistics as an exploratory science, and discoveries await. They illuminate the many ways in which ‘Language loops in and around itself,’ creating a web of knowledge that connects us all. This book is an ideal introductory text for a course in Languages of the World or Introduction to Linguistics.”—\u003ci\u003eK. 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