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Author | : Christopher Moseley |
Publisher | : UNESCO |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9231040960 |
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Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.
Author | : Christopher Moseley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Endangered languages |
ISBN | : 9780956605245 |
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Author | : R.E. Asher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2018-04-19 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1317851099 |
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Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers: up-to-date research, some from fieldwork in early 2006 a general linguistic history of each section an overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each section statistical and sociolinguistic information a large number of new or completely updated maps further reading and a bibliography for each section a cross-referenced language index of over 6,000 languages. Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6,000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the Atlas of the World's Languages is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library.
Author | : Wurm, Stephen A. |
Publisher | : UNESCO |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2001-07-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9231037986 |
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Close to half of the 6,000 languges spoken in the world are doomed or likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. The disappearance of any language is an irreparable loss for the heritage of all humankind. This new edition of the Atlas, first published in 1996, is intended to give a graphic picture of the magnitude of the problem and a comprehensive list of languages in danger.
Author | : Unesco |
Publisher | : UNESCO |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Bradley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2019-11-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107041139 |
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Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.
Author | : Sarah G. Thomason |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521865735 |
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An introduction to language endangerment. What is it? How and why does it happen? Why should we care?
Author | : Peter K. Austin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 581 |
Release | : 2011-03-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 113950083X |
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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Author | : Lenore A. Grenoble |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1998-03-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521597128 |
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This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss. It brings together work by theoretical linguists, field linguists, and non-linguist members of minority communities to provide an integrated view of how language is lost, from sociological and economic as well as from linguistic perspectives. The contributions to the volume fall into four categories. The chapters by Dorian and Grenoble and Whaley provide an overview of language endangerment. Grinevald, England, Jacobs, and Nora and Richard Dauenhauer describe the situation confronting threatened languages from both a linguistic and sociological perspective. The understudied issue of what (beyond a linguistic system) can be lost as a language ceases to be spoken is addressed by Mithun, Hale, Jocks, and Woodbury. In the last section, Kapanga, Myers-Scotton, and Vakhtin consider the linguistic processes which underlie language attrition.
Author | : Christopher Moseley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 946 |
Release | : 2008-03-10 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1135796408 |
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The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen particularly in the past decade, as a result of the impact of globalization. This book appears as an answer to a felt need: to catalogue and describe those languages, making up the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct tongues, which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades. Endangerment is a complex issue, and the reasons why so many of the world's smaller, less empowered languages are not being passed on to future generations today are discussed in the book's introduction. The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to provide a comprehensive listing of every language which, by the criteria of endangerment set out in the introduction, is likely to disappear within the next few decades. These languages make up ninety per cent of the world's remaining language stocks. Each regional section comprises an introduction that deals with problems of language preservation peculiar to the area, surveys of known extinct languages, and problems of classification. The introduction is followed by a list of all known languages within the region, endangered or not, arranged by genetic affiliation, with endangered and extinct languages marked. This listing is followed by entries in alphabetical order covering each language listed as endangered. Useful maps are provided to pinpoint the more complex clusters of smaller languages in every region of the world. The Encyclopedia therefore provides in a single resource: expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction. The Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages will be a necessary addition to all academic linguistics collections and will be a useful resource for a range of readers with an interest in development studies, cultural heritage and international affairs.