TY - BOOK AU - COMRIE,BERNARD AU - MATTHEWS,STEPHEN AU - POLINSKY,MARIA TI - THE ATLAS OF LANGUAGES. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SN - 0816033889 PY - 1996/// CY - NEW YORK, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA PB - FACTS ON LINE, INC. KW - REFERENCIA KW - THE ATLAS OF LANGUAGES N1 - - Mapas. - Ilustraciones. - Mapas; - Foreword, by J.Aitchison. - Introduction, by B.Comrie. Part 1: Development and Spread of Languages, by S.Matthews. Part 2: Europe and Eurasia, by S.Matthews and maria Polinsky. South and Southeast Asia, by S.Matthews. Africa and the Middle East, by Owen Nancarrow. Pacific, by Maria Polinsky and Geoffrey Smith. Australia, by Peter Austin. The Americas, by Jon Stonham. Pidgins and Creoles, by G.Smith and S.Matthews. Writing Systems, by Roger Woodard. Epilogue, by S.Matthews and Maria Polinsky. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index. Acknowledgments ER -