Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge

Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9789027295149
ISBN-13 : 902729514X
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Book Synopsis Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge by : Piet van Sterkenburg

Download or read book Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge written by Piet van Sterkenburg and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every five years the Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL) organises a world congress for linguists. And every five years the Committee faces the challenge of presenting a programme at the highest possible level. The CIPL Executive Committee decided for the Congress planned for 2003 in Prague to focus on four major topics which play an important role in today’s linguistic debate: 1. Typology, 2. Endangered Languages, 3. Methodology and Linguistics (including fieldwork) and 4. Language and the mind. Leading experts have introduced the four themes in their plenary lectures in the course of the congress, which served as a basis for the articles presented in the current volume. This book should be a welcome tool for all linguists wishing to find their way quickly in current developments. A CD-Rom containing the full proceedings of the Prague Congress is included.


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