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Daniel Nettle, Linguistic diversity. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 168. Hb $65.00, pb $19.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2001

Patrick McConvell
Patrick McConvell
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, GPO Box 553, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, patrick@aiatsis.gov.au
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Abstract

Why does linguistic diversity exist? This is the question to which this book is addressed. Nettle argues that, although aspects of the diversity of languages have been studied, the reason for this diversity has not been a subject of attention. To answer the question, he suggests that a multidisciplinary approach is necessary – a broad linguistic anthropology in which the linguistic map is explained by people's social behavior, which in turn arises largely from their ecological situation.

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Book Review
Information
Language in Society , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 97 - 100
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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