Description: Dying Words : Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us, Paperback by Evans, Nicholas, ISBN 0631233067, ISBN-13 9780631233060, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.
- Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our collective intellectual heritage
- Questions why such linguistic diversity exists in the first place, and how can we can best respond to the challenge of recording and documenting these fragile oral traditions while they are still with us
- Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, and draws on a wealth of vivid examples from his own field experience
- Brings conceptual issues vividly to life by weaving in portraits of individual ‘last speakers’ and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries
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Book Title: Dying Words : Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Dying Words : Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Linguistics / General
Item Weight: 17.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Nicholas Evans
Item Length: 9.7 in
Item Width: 6.8 in
Series: The Language Library
Format: Trade Paperback
