An Introduction to the Languages of the World
"The author succeeds in covering a broad range of important and interesting information, and I am not aware of any other work that could serve as an all-round textbook for a course on the Languages of the World."--Bernard Comrie,University of Southern California, author ofThe World's MajorLanguages"...clearly exhibits the author's very considerable erudition in several language areas."--Joseph Grimes,Cornell University