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<div><span class="" style="line-height:115%">Members of this list might be interested in an edited book that just came out:</span></div>
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</span><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="line-height:115%"><font class="">Language Structure and Environment: Social, Cultural, and Natural Factors</font></span></i></div>
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</i></span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="line-height:115%">This book</span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="line-height:115%"> is a broad introduction to how languages are shaped by their environment. It makes the argument that the social, cultural,
and natural environment of speakers influences the structures and development of the languages they speak. After a general overview, the contributors explain in a number of detailed case studies how specific cultural, societal, geographical, evolutionary and
meta-linguistic pressures determine the development of specific grammatical features and the global structure of a varied selection of languages.</span></div>
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</span><span class="" style="line-height:115%">More information is available at: <a href="https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/clscc.6" class="">
https://www.benjamins.com/catalog/clscc.6</a></span></div>
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Randy<br class="">
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<span class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(34,34,34); background-color:white"><b class="">Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA</b> （</span><span class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2; color:rgb(34,34,34); background-color:white; font-size:13px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Song">罗仁地</font></span><span class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(34,34,34); background-color:white">）|
Head, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University</span><br class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:15px"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="" style="background-color:white">HSS-03-80, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore
637332</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans:2; widows:2; color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px"><span class="" style="background-color:white"> | </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans:2; widows:2; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:15px"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="" style="background-color:white">Tel:
(65) 6592-1825 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | <a href="http://randyjlapolla.net/" class="">
http://randyjlapolla.net/</a></span></span></span><br class="">
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