Hardback
Publication Date: 27/02/2020
Hunter-gatherers are often portrayed as 'others' standing outside the main trajectory of human social evolution. But even after eleven millennia of agriculture and two centuries of widespread industrialization, hunter-gatherer societies continue to exist. This volume, using the lens of language, offers us a window into the inner workings of twenty-first-century hunter-gatherer societies - how they survive and how they interface with societies that produce more. It challenges long-held assumptions about the limits on social dynamism in hunter-gatherer societies to show that their languages are no different either typologically or sociolinguistically from other languages. With its worldwide coverage, this volume serves as a report on the state of hunter-gatherer societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and readers in all geographical areas will find arguments of relevance here.
- ISBN:
- 9781107003682
- 9781107003682
- Category:
- Sociolinguistics
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 27-02-2020
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 742
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x155x36mm
- Weight:
- 1.3kg
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