TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dixon,Robert M.W.
TI  - Are some languages better than others?
SN  - 9780198766810 (pbk)
U1  - 410 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Comparative linguistics
KW  - Typology (Linguistics)
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
N1  - setting the scene;
how languages work;
what is necessary;
what is desirable;
what is not (really) needed;
how about complexity?;
how many words should there be?;
the limits of a language;
better for what purpose?;
an ideal language;
facing up to the question

ER  -