The language of hunter-gatherers / edited by Tom Güldemann; Patrick McConvell; Richard A. Rhodes.

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Jägare/samlare  (sao)

Språk och samhälle  (sao)

Språkkontakter  (sao)

Language and culture.  (LCSH)

Languages in contact.  (LCSH)

Hunting and gathering societies  -- History. (LCSH)

Hunting and gathering societies.  (fast)

Language and culture.  (fast)

Languages in contact.  (fast)

Languages in contact  (LCSH)

Hunting and gathering societies  (LCSH)

Language and culture ; Sociolinguistics  (LCSH)

Genre

History.  (fast)

Klassifikation

GN (LCC)

306.3640905 (DDC)

Oa (kssb/8 (machine generated))