Vanishing voices : the extinction of the world's languages /

Suggests links between disappearing linguistic diversity and environmental issues. The authors argue that it is part of the larger picture of the world's collapsing ecosystem, and that the causes of language death, like those of ecological destruction, lie at the crossroad of ecology and politi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nettle, Daniel
Other Authors: Romaine, Suzanne, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2000]
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Language obsolescence.
Language maintenance.
Human ecology.
Areal linguistics.
Linguistic demography.
Language and languages.
Language
Langage et langues > Disparition.
Préservation linguistique.
Écologie humaine.
Linguistique géographique.
Démographie linguistique.
Langage et langues.
human ecology.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Areal linguistics
Human ecology
Language and languages
Language maintenance
Language obsolescence
Linguistic demography
Uitstervende talen.
Culturele minderheden.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; one: Where Have All the Languages Gone?; two: A World of Diversity; three: Lost Words/Lost Worlds; four: The Ecology of Language; five: The Biological Wave; six: The Economic Wave; seven: Why Something Should Be Done; eight: Sustainable Futures; References and Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.

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