Language Dispersal Diversification And Contact

Download or read book Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact written by Emily Irene Crevels and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the complex question of how and why languages have spread across the globe. International experts in the field explore this issue using new analytical research techniques and drawing on large databases, with a focus on the language and population histories of Island Southeast Asia/Oceania, Africa, and South America.