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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages

Christopher Moseley
Encyclopedia of the World s Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Christopher Moseley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781135796402

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The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen particularly in the past decade, as a result of the impact of globalization. This book appears as an answer to a felt need: to catalogue and describe those languages, making up the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct tongues, which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades. Endangerment is a complex issue, and the reasons why so many of the world's smaller, less empowered languages are not being passed on to future generations today are discussed in the book's introduction. The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to provide a comprehensive listing of every language which, by the criteria of endangerment set out in the introduction, is likely to disappear within the next few decades. These languages make up ninety per cent of the world's remaining language stocks. Each regional section comprises an introduction that deals with problems of language preservation peculiar to the area, surveys of known extinct languages, and problems of classification. The introduction is followed by a list of all known languages within the region, endangered or not, arranged by genetic affiliation, with endangered and extinct languages marked. This listing is followed by entries in alphabetical order covering each language listed as endangered. Useful maps are provided to pinpoint the more complex clusters of smaller languages in every region of the world. The Encyclopedia therefore provides in a single resource: expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction. The Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages will be a necessary addition to all academic linguistics collections and will be a useful resource for a range of readers with an interest in development studies, cultural heritage and international affairs.

Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages

Christopher Moseley
Encyclopedia of the World s Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Christopher Moseley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138831921

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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages by Christopher Moseley Pdf

The Encyclopedia of the World s Endangered Languages presents expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction. This new edition has been updated to reflect the greater amount of theorizing on language death, endangerment and revitalization from the last decade. Individual chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in speaker numbers, reclassifications and new controversies regarding affiliations."

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World

Anonim
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780080877754

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Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World by Anonim Pdf

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax of the world’s major languages, giving insights into their structure, history and development, sounds, meaning, structure, and language family, thereby both highlighting their diversity for comparative study, and contextualizing them according to their genetic relationships and regional distribution. Based on the highly acclaimed and award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, this volume will provide an edited collection of almost 400 articles throughout which a representative subset of the world's major languages are unfolded and explained in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, by the leading scholars in linguistics. In highlighting the diversity of the world’s languages — from the thriving to the endangered and extinct — this work will be the first point of call to any language expert interested in this huge area. No other single volume will match the extent of language coverage or the authority of the contributors of Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. * Extraordinary breadth of coverage: a comprehensive selection of just under 400 articles covering the world's major languages, language families, and classification structures, issues and disputes * Peerless quality: based on 20 years of academic development on two editions of the leading reference resource in linguistics, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics * Unique authorship: 350 of the world's leading experts brought together for one purpose * Exceptional editorial selection, review and validation process: Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie act as first-tier guarantors for article quality and coverage * Compact and affordable: one-volume format makes this suitable for personal study at any institution interested in areal, descriptive, or comparative language study - and at a fraction of the cost of the full encyclopedia

Language Death

David Crystal
Language Death Book PDF

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107431812

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Language Death by David Crystal Pdf

A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.

Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages

Lyle Campbell,Anna Belew
Cataloguing the World s Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Lyle Campbell,Anna Belew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317413899

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Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages by Lyle Campbell,Anna Belew Pdf

Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project. Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area. While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researchers working with endangered languages.

The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages

Peter K. Austin,Julia Sallabank
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Peter K. Austin,Julia Sallabank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139500838

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The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages by Peter K. Austin,Julia Sallabank Pdf

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.

Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Christopher Moseley
Atlas of the World s Languages in Danger Book PDF

Author : Christopher Moseley
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789231040962

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Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger by Christopher Moseley Pdf

Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.

Endangered Languages

Sarah G. Thomason
Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Sarah G. Thomason
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521865739

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Endangered Languages by Sarah G. Thomason Pdf

An introduction to language endangerment. What is it? How and why does it happen? Why should we care?

Atlas of the World's Languages

R.E. Asher,Christopher Moseley
Atlas of the World s Languages Book PDF

Author : R.E. Asher,Christopher Moseley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317851080

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Atlas of the World's Languages by R.E. Asher,Christopher Moseley Pdf

Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers: up-to-date research, some from fieldwork in early 2006 a general linguistic history of each section an overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each section statistical and sociolinguistic information a large number of new or completely updated maps further reading and a bibliography for each section a cross-referenced language index of over 6,000 languages. Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6,000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the Atlas of the World's Languages is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library.

Language Diversity Endangered

Matthias Brenzinger
Language Diversity Endangered Book PDF

Author : Matthias Brenzinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110905694

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Language Diversity Endangered by Matthias Brenzinger Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Denny Moore, Colette Grinevald, Akira Yamamoto, Roger Blench, Bruce Connell, Tapani Salminen, Olga Kazakevich, Aleksandr Kibrik, Jonathan Owens, David Bradley, George van Driem, Nicholas Evans, Stephen A. Wurm, Darrell Tryon and Matthias Brenzinger. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of language endangerment by applying shared general indicators for the assessment of language endangerment. Apart from presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the sub-continental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. The actual study of endangered languages is carefully examined, for example, against the ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork. Practical aspects of community involvement in language documentation are discussed, such as the setting up of local archives and the training of local linguists. Numerous case studies illustrate different language shift environments with specific replacing factors, such as colonial and religious conquests, migrations and governmental language education. The book is of interest to students and scholars of linguistics with particular focus on endangered languages (and their documentation), typology, and sociolinguistics as well as to anthropologists and language activists.

Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas

Eithne B. Carlin,Simon van de Kerke
Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas Book PDF

Author : Eithne B. Carlin,Simon van de Kerke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047427087

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Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas by Eithne B. Carlin,Simon van de Kerke Pdf

This book offers a state of the art overview of current linguistic and archaeological research from the Caribbean and Meso America, through Amazonia and the Andes to Argentina, ranging from historical comparative through descriptive and socio-linguistics to new discoveries in archaeological research.

Africa's Endangered Languages

Jason Kandybowicz,Harold Torrence
Africa s Endangered Languages Book PDF

Author : Jason Kandybowicz,Harold Torrence
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780190256340

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Africa's Endangered Languages by Jason Kandybowicz,Harold Torrence Pdf

Includes a General index, an Author index, and a Language index.

Sustaining Language Use

M. Paul Lewis,Gary F. Simons
Sustaining Language Use Book PDF

Author : M. Paul Lewis,Gary F. Simons
Publisher : SIL International
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781556714207

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Sustaining Language Use by M. Paul Lewis,Gary F. Simons Pdf

How does a language community sustain their language in the face of ever-increasing forces of language shift? This volume, both a textbook and a handbook, is the result of ten years of reflection by the authors in light of SIL International’s 80 years of fieldwork in local language communities. Using the Sustainable Use Model detailed here, readers learn how to advise maintaining use of their language at a sustainable level. This could include, not only the level of active literacy, but also levels of orality and identity. The book is aimed at “on the ground” workers involved with a community, to address issues arising from language and culture contact. M. Paul Lewis (Ph.D., sociolinguistics, Georgetown University) did fieldwork in Guatemala, was general editor of the Ethnologue®, and is a Sociolinguistics Consultant with SIL. His research interests are language endangerment, language policy and planning, and language documentation. He has consulted and trained on six continents. Gary F. Simons (Ph.D., linguistics, Cornell University) is Chief Research Officer for SIL and Executive Editor of the Ethnologue®. He was involved in language development in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, co-founder of the Open Language Archives Community (OLAC), and co-developer of the ISO 639-3 identifiers for the world’s languages. "In this clearly written monograph, Lewis and Simons lay the groundwork for those who [work] with members of local language communities, to help them implement diverse activities that most effectively lead to a sustainable level of language use. They build appropriately upon the groundbreaking work that was carried out several decades ago by sociolinguists such as Charles Ferguson, Robert Cooper, and Joshua Fishman." - Adapted from the Foreword by G. Richard Tucker

Endangered Languages in the 21st Century

Eda Derhemi,Christopher Moseley
Endangered Languages in the 21st Century Book PDF

Author : Eda Derhemi,Christopher Moseley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000835496

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Endangered Languages in the 21st Century by Eda Derhemi,Christopher Moseley Pdf

Endangered Languages in the 21st Century provides research on endangered languages in the contemporary world, the challenges still to be faced, the work still to be done, and the methods and practices that have come to characterize efforts to revive and maintain disadvantaged indigenous languages around the world. With contributions from scholars across the field, the book brings fresh data and insights to this imperative, but still relatively young, field of linguistics. While the studies acknowledge the threat of losing languages in an unprecedented way, they focus on cases that show resilience and explore paths to sustainable progress. The articles are also intended as a celebration of the 25 years’ work of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, and as a parting gift to FEL’s founder and quarter-century chair, Nick Ostler. This book will be informative for researchers, instructors, and specialists in the field of endangered languages. The book can also be useful for university graduate or undergraduate students, and language activists. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Language Endangerment

David Bradley,Maya Bradley
Language Endangerment Book PDF

Author : David Bradley,Maya Bradley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107041134

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Language Endangerment by David Bradley,Maya Bradley Pdf

Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.