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Sustaining linguistic diversity : endangered and minority languages and language varieties /
In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalizati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the last three decades the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number of organizations, funding programs, and community-based efforts dedicated to documentation, maintenance, and revitalization. Sustaining Linguistic Diversity brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical work from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Together, these contributions provide a state-of-the-art overview of current work in defining, documenting, and developing the world's smaller lang. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781461913740 1461913748 9781589014169 1589014162 |