Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
Nicholas Evans
ISBN: | 9781444359619 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Published: | 17 August, 2011 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
Nicholas Evans
The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result. Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our collective intellectual heritage Questions why such linguistic diversity exists in the first place,
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