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When Languages Die
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: K. David Harrison
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. Thi
When Languages Die : The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: K. David Harrison Assistant Professor of Linguistics Swarthmore College
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The
The Last Speakers
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: K. David Harrison
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-21 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet wi
Saving Languages
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Lenore A. Grenoble
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Language endangerment has been the focus of much attention and as a result, a wide range of people are working to revitalize and maintain local languages. This
Language Death
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but