30.4580, Books: The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures: Carling (ed.)

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Subject: 30.4580, Books: The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures: Carling (ed.)

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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:12:34
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures: Carling (ed.)

 


Title: The Mouton Atlas of Languages and Cultures 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://bit.ly/2Q35hbT 


Editor: Gerd Carling

Hardback: ISBN:  9783110373073 Pages: 728 Price: U.S. $ 286.99


Abstract:

Historical linguistics is a growing field, and so is the notion of the role of
cultural aspects as involved in language diversity. However, a collective work
on the current stand within this field is lacking, in particular for little
researched areas such as the Amazon.

Computational methods, as well as new technologies for geographic mapping and
data base management have opened new possibilities for looking at history of
language and culture, based on earlier theories. These methods are used as
complementary to established methods, such as comparative method, areal
method, and relative and absolute chronology.

The current atlas will focus on the following topics: 1. language spread and
diversity in relation to ecology, subsistence, and cultural contact, 2.
functionality in culture, as expressed in cultural vocabulary, 3. indications
of contact by means of borrowings of cultural vocabulary and linguistic
typology.

The book will be based on a rich new data (from about 400 languages), which
will be available open source via a geographic database. The volume will be of
relevance for students and researchers of linguistics, cultural anthropology,
human ecology, archaeology, and adjacent disciplines.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=139474




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