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1、ColinP.MasicaCAMBRIDGELANGUAGESURVEYSGeneralEditors:B.Comrie,C.J.Fillmore,R.Lass,D.Lightfoot,J.Lyons,P.H.Matthews,R.Posner,S.Romaine,N.V.Smith,N.VincentThisseriesoffersgeneralaccountsofallthemajorlanguagefamiliesoftheworld.Somevolumesareorganizedonapurelygeneticbasis,othersonageographicalbasi
2、s,whicheveryieldsthemostconvenientandintelligiblegroupingineachcase.Sometimes,aswiththeAustralianvolume,thetwoinanycasecoincide.Eachvolumecomparesandcontraststhetypologicalfeaturesofthelanguagesitdealswith.Italsotreatstherelevantgeneticrelationships,historicaldevelopment,andsociolinguisticiss
3、uesarisingfromtheirroleanduseintheworldtoday.Theintendedreadershipisthestudentoflinguisticsorgenerallinguist,butnospecialknowledgeofthelanguagesunderconsiderationisassumed.Somevolumesalsohaveawiderappeal,likethatonAustralia,wherethefutureofthelanguagesandtheirspeakersraisesimportantsocialandp
4、oliticalissues.Alreadypublished:ThelanguagesofAustraliaR.M.W.DixonThelanguagesoftheSovietUnionBernardComrieTheMesoamericanIndianlanguagesJorgeA.SuarezThePapuanlanguagesofNewGuineaWilliamA.FoleyChineseJerryNormanPidginandcreolelanguages,VolumesIandIIJ.HolmThelanguagesofJapanM.ShibataniForthcom
5、ingtitlesinclude:KoreanHo-minSohnThelanguagesofSouth-EastAsia1.A.MatisoffAustronesianlanguagesR.BlustSlavoniclanguagesR.SussexGermaniclanguagesR.LassCelticlanguagesD.MacAulayetal.RomancelanguagesR.PosnerThelanguagesofNativeNorthAmericaMarianneMithunTHEINDO-ARYANLANGUAGESCOLINP.MASICADepartmen
6、tofSouthAsianLanguagesandCivilizationsUniversityofChicagoTI/('rig'"ofIh('UniversityofCambi'idg<'loprin/aml.fellall1II0111/('rofhookswasRrallll'l/byHellryVI/Iin1534.TheUllil'crsif),hasprill!t'd(/m/published(,OllliIlIlOIiS/),sillce1584CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridgeNewYorkPortChesterMelbourne
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