Evangelia Adamou

Endangered Languages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A short, accessible guide to the linguistic (but also moral, political, and economic) issue of endangered languages"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 126mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9780262548700
• ISBN-10: 0262548704
• Artikelnr.: 69555028

Autorenporträt

Evangelia Adamou

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface   
Writing conventions
Chapter 1. Introduction: What we mean when we talk about endangered
languages
Chapter 2. Where are endangered languages found?
Africa, Eurasia, Australia, Oceania, North America and Mesoamerica, South
America
Chapter 3. When is a language no longer used by a community?
Chapter 4. Why does it matter if a language is no longer used?
Chapter 5. How do communities and governments support endangered
languages?   
Chapter 6. When linguists and language practitioners study endangered
languages
Chapter 7. Endangered languages in a digital world
Chapter 8. Multilingualism as resolution
Conclusion: Tips to promote language diversity
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Further reading
Index
Author bio