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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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Güldemann, Tom, McConvell, Patrick, Rhodes, Richard A.
Weitere Verfasser:
Güldemann, Tom (HerausgeberIn), McConvell, Patrick (HerausgeberIn), Rhodes, Richard A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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 resource (xxi, 723 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Feb 2020).
ISBN:
9781139026208 (ebook)
DOI:
10.1017/9781139026208
Schlagworte:
Hunting and gathering societies > History > 21st century.
Language and culture.
Languages in contact.
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