Language Death
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- Author: David Crystal
- Date Published: November 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107431812
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The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages in the world are 'safe' from the threat of extinction. A leading commentator and popular writer on language issues, David Crystal asks the fundamental question, 'why is language death so important?', reviews the reasons for the current crisis, and investigates what is being done to reduce its impact. This book contains not only intelligent argument, but moving descriptions of the decline and demise of particular languages, and practical advice for anyone interested in pursuing the subject further.
Read more- A quarter of the world's languages are spoken by fewer than 1,000 people
- Over the next century, something like two languages will die each week
- Language Death offers both intelligent argument and practical advice for anyone interested in pursuing this urgent subject further
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- Date Published: November 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107431812
- length: 276 pages
- dimensions: 208 x 137 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. What is language death?
2. Why should we care?
3. Why does languages die?
4. Where do we begin?
5. What can be done?
List of organisations
Further reading
Index of languages
Subject index.
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