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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (Curzon Language Family Series) by Christopher Moseley; Taylor & Francis (Londyn) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 la

Who reads Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (Curzon Language Family Series)?

Author

Christopher Moseley; Taylor & Francis (Londyn)

Publisher

ROUTLEDGE TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415563314

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics