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Andrew Dalby,Dictionary of languages: The definitive reference to more than 400 languages. London: Bloomsbury; New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 734. $50.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2000

Peter T. Daniels
Peter T. Daniels
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P.O. Box 630108, Bronx, NY 10463, grammatim@worldnet.att.net
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Abstract

One suspects that the maps were the real reason for writing this book – nearly two hundred of them (accompanying nearly four hundred articles), all to the same scale (along with a few others at a much smaller scale for worldwide coverage); even the software used for making the maps is fully credited (734). Almost every map plots several languages, making this a unique and valuable reference (the maps are vastly preferable to those in Atlas of Languages 1996, see Daniels 1998). It is of course not so comprehensive as Moseley & Asher 1994, but far easier to use because of the compact format.

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Language in Society , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 470 - 472
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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