Routledge Language Family Series
About the Book Series
Each volume in this series contains an in-depth account of the members of some of the world's most important language families. Written by experts in each language, these accessible accounts provide detailed linguistic analysis and description. The contents are carefully structured to cover the natural system of classification: phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics.
Every volume contains extensive bibliographies for each language, a detailed index and tables, and maps and examples from the languages to demonstrate the linguistic features being described. The consistent format allows comparative study, not only between the languages in each volume, but also across all the volumes in the series.
The Semitic Languages
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Hetzron
December 31, 2006
The Semitic languages are a family of languages spoken by more that 370 million people across much of the Middle East and North and East Africa. This is the first general survey of those languages, including the Arab and Aramaic dialects and various languages of Ethiopia. Containing twenty-two ...
The Germanic Languages
1st Edition
By Ekkehard Konig, Johan van der Auwera
August 02, 2002
Provides a unique, up-to-date survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish....
The Slavonic Languages
1st Edition
By Professor Greville Corbett, Professor Bernard Comrie
July 26, 2002
In this scholarly volume, each of the living Slavonic languages are analysed and described in depth, together with the two extinct languages - Old Church Slavonic and Polabian. In addition, the various alphabets of the Slavonic languages - particularly Roman, Cyrillic and Glagolitic - are discussed...
The Celtic Languages
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller
July 05, 2002
This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. Organized for ease of reference, The Celtic Languages is arranged in four parts....
The Romance Languages
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Harris, Nigel Vincent
June 23, 1997
Available again, this book discusses nine Romance languages in context of their common Latin origins and then in individual studies. The final chapter is devoted to Romance-based Creole languages; a genuine innovation in a work of this kind....