32.39, Books: The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus: Polinsky

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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:35:56
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus: Polinsky

 


Title: The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus 
Series Title: Oxford Handbooks  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-languages-of-the-caucasus-9780190690694?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Maria Polinsky

Hardback: ISBN:  9780190690694 Pages: 1064 Price: U.S. $ 200.00


Abstract:

The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus is an introduction to and
overview of the linguistically diverse languages of southern Russia, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Though the languages of the Caucasus have often been
mischaracterized or exoticized, many of them have cross-linguistically rare
features found in few or no other languages.

This handbook presents facts and descriptions of the languages written by
experts. The first half of the book is an introduction to the languages, with
the linguistic profiles enriched by demographic research about their speakers.
It features overviews of the main language families as well as detailed
grammatical descriptions of several individual languages. The second half of
the book delves more deeply into theoretical analyses of features, such as
agreement, ellipsis, and discourse properties, which are found in some
languages of the Caucasus. Promising areas for future research are highlighted
throughout the handbook, which will be of interest to linguists of all
subfields.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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