It takes the average reader 6 hours and 7 minutes to read Language Contact in Amazonia by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. The author explains the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveals the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. Aikhenvald uses the example of Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the large area of the Vaupes river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazil. In this region language is seen as a badge of identity: language mixing, interaction, and influence...
Language Contact in Amazonia by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is 363 pages long, and a total of 91,839 words.
This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Language Contact in Amazonia aloud.
Language Contact in Amazonia is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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