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100 1 _aDixon, Robert M. W.,
245 1 0 _aAre some languages better than others? /
_cR.M.W. Dixon.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2016
300 _avii, 272 p. ;
_c23 cm
650 0 _aComparative linguistics.
650 0 _aTypology (Linguistics)
650 0 _aGrammar, Comparative and general.
650 7 _aComparative linguistics.
650 7 _aGrammar, Comparative and general.
650 7 _aTypology (Linguistics)
942 _cBK
505 0 _asetting 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