Thomas E. Payne
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What a snooze. I mean, if I were actually interested in the field, I would probably enjoy it - it's well laid out and goes quite in depth. The author offers many fascinating tidbits about various languages, but it doesn't really support the readers too well. It describes a concept once and assumes you have terminology memorized at that point - yet it constantly reminds you of the existence of the Yagua language of Columbia and Peru (it reminds you nearly every time it comes up what this language is - and it comes up OFTEN). It was very distracting to have to constantly flip to the glossary (which was hidden in the roman numeral pages at the beginning of the book that only the most die-hard enthusiasts ever read). I'm soooo glad this is over!… (mehr)