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Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists by Thomas E. (University Of Oregon) Payne, Thomas Edward Payne, Vv.Aa. Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-521-58805-7 / 0521588057 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-58805-8 / 9780521588058 Current estimates are that around 3,000 of the 6,000 languages now spoken may become extinct during the next century. Some 4,000 of these existing languages have never been described, or described only inadequately. This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of |