Presenting this lexicon (along with vol. 1, Grammar ) as evidence, Greenberg argues that Indo-European is only one branch of a much larger Eurasiatic language family that extends from Europe across no
This book is concerned primarily with the evidence for the validity of a genetic unit, Amerind, embracing the vast majority of New World languages. The only languages excluded are those belonging to t
The latest product of recent efforts to find a deeper common root to the many family languages around the world that have been recognized for a century. Greenberg (anthropology and linguistics, Stanfo
Greenberg’s Language Universals is typical of his typological-theoretical work in its stunning originality. Starting out from the observations underlying Praguian markedness, Greenberg contributes a m
This is a collection of 37 of the most important, enduring, and influential essays by one of the great linguists of this century, gathered from a wide range of journals and books spanning four decades
This book collects Joseph Greenberg's most important writings on the genetic classification of the world's languages.Fifty years ago Joseph Greenberg put forward the now widely accepted classification
