Are some languages better than others? - Dixon, R. (Robert) M.W. 1939- (Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press, 2016)
Preface -- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. How languages work -- 3. What is necessary -- 4. What is desirable -- 5. What is not (really) needed -- 6. How about complexity? -- 7. How many words should there be? -- 8. The limits of a language -- 9. Better for what purpose? -- 10. An ideal language -- 11. Facing up to the question -- Notes and sources -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
Keywords: Comparative linguistics; Typology (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general