Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance: An Active Approach

by Maya Bradley

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Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process involved and how can insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages disappear...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0700714561

ISBN13:9780700714568

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:Routledge

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 8.5"

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Language Arts

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