Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 723 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781139026208
Content:
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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-107-00368-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Wildbeuter
;
Indigenes Volk
;
Sprache
;
Sprachkontakt
;
Zivilisation
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/9781139026208
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
Author information:
Rhodes, Richard A. 1946-
Author information:
Güldemann, Tom 1965-
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