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Detailed Guide To The World's Forty Major Languages With Full Historical, Sociological, And Linguistic Information. From English, French, Spanish And Russian To Pashto, Tagalog, And Swahili, This Is The First Comprehensive Reference Work To Provide Detailed Information About The World's Forty Major Languages. Written By Acknowledged Specialists In The Field, The Volume Begins With A General Introduction To Language And Language Families, Followed By Language-family Sections That Provide An Informative Essay About That Language, And Individual Chapters That Discuss The History, Distribution, Syntax, Grammar And Punctuation, Writing And Spelling Systems, Standards Of Usage, And Other Important Aspects Of Each Language. Introduction / Bernard Comrie -- 1. Indo-european Languages / Philip Baldi -- 2. Germanic Languages / John A. Hawkins -- 3. English / Edward Finegan -- 4. German / John A. Hawkins -- 5. Dutch / Jan G. Kooij -- 6. Danish, Norwegian And Swedish / Einar Haugen -- 7. Latin And Italic Languages / R.g.g. Coleman -- 8. Romance Languages / John N. Green -- 9. French / Martin Harris -- 10. Spanish / John N. Green -- 11. Portuguese / Stephen Parkinson -- 12. Italian / Nigel Vinc

Author

Comrie, Bernard, 1947-

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195205213

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.34 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14