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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      26 February 2020
      27 February 2020
      ISBN:
      9781139026208
      9781107003682
      9781009299558
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139026208
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.3kg, 742 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.059kg, 746 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics
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    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.

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    ‘Overall, this is a fascinating volume that presents many inter-related case studies of how language histories are shaped by HG lifeways, and especially their interaction with neighbouring food producers.’

    John Mansfield Source: LINGUIST List

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