Re: more book advice

Paul Bennett wrote:
>
> On 2 Jun 00, at 18:16, Danny Wier wrote:
>
> > There is one book that's the virtual bible for general linguistics I and
> > other recommend above all else: _The World's Major Languages_, ed. Bernard
> > Comrie.  The Big Green Book I call it.
>
> Would that be a complete unabridged collocation of Comries "The Major
> Languages of ..." books?  If so, it must surely weigh more than a small
> solar system!
>
> The individual books are DAMN FINE! (imnsho), certainly "... Western
> Europe" is jam-packed full o' langy goodness.
>
I don't know, I only have it out from the library, for my conlang Ajuk,
which is also a school project. It's about 1000 pages, chock full of
linguistic goodness. I got lost in it fairly quickly the first time I
opened it, but not anymore! I'll probably end up buying it when I get
the chance.

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Robert