The language of hunter-gatherers:

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 lan...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Güldemann, Tom 1965- (HerausgeberIn), McConvell, Patrick (HerausgeberIn), Rhodes, Richard A. 1946- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press [2020]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
Zusammenfassung: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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 723 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781139026208
DOI:10.1017/9781139026208