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xxii, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. A note on the presentation of linguistic material -- Warramurrungunji's children -- Four millennia to tune In -- A Galapagos of tongues -- Your mind in mine : social cognition in grammar -- Sprung from some common sSource -- Travels in the logosphere : hooking ancient words onto ancient worlds -- Keys to decipherment : how living languages can unlock forgotten scripts -- Trellises of the mind : how language trains thought -- What verse and verbal art can weave -- Renewing the word -- Epilogue : Sitting in the dust, standing in the sky. Nicholas Evans. Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and indexes. Endangered languages P40.5.E53 E93 2010 408.9 EVA 9780631233053 (alk. paper) 9780631233060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0631233059 (alk. paper) 0631233067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2008044645 DLC 081016 20200319173911.0 15486487