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On the death and life of languages /
Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of lan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2009]
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| Colección: | An Editions Odile Jacob Book
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, the author shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized--for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 364 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300155792 0300155794 1282353160 9781282353169 9786612353161 6612353163 |