Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. Three Volumes.
Berlin. Mouton de Gruyter. 1996. Stock ID #223384 “An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” When referring to this item please quote stockid 223384.
Three volumes with loosely inserted prospectus. Volume I (Maps): xxiv + 151 colour folding maps. Volume II.1 (Texts): xxxvi + 798pp. Volume II.2 (Texts): xvi + 799-1622pp. All volumes: 30 x 22.5cm. Sunned spine, original slipcase margins faded and starting to split, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy in hardback.
Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Southeast Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. (Publisher's description).
Price: $500.00 AU