Related Books

Language Diversity Endangered
Language: en
Pages: 472
Authors: Matthias Brenzinger
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-31 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F.
Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Lenore A. Grenoble
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-03-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding language loss. It brings together work by theoretical linguists, field linguists, and non-linguist memb
Historical Linguistics and Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Patience Epps
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This collection showcases the contributions of the study of endangered and understudied languages to historical linguistic analysis, and the broader relevance o
Sustaining Linguistic Diversity
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: Kendall A. King
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-03-06 - Publisher: Georgetown University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 incr
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
Language: en
Pages: 581
Authors: Peter K. Austin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 s