On the death and life of languages /
Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world's five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this book, the author seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of lan...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English French |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2009]
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| Series: | An Editions Odile Jacob Book
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=302221 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Languages, providers of life
- 2. Languages, living species
- 3. Language and speech
- 4. Words and the struggle for life
- 5. What is a dead language?
- 6. The paths to extinction
- 7. The battalion of causes
- 8. Taking stock
- 9. Factors in preservation and the struggle against disaster
- 10. Hebrew : from life to death and from death to life
- 11. New languages, Creoles, promotions
- Conclusion.