| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 181 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 181.
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| Contents |
Classification and terminology for degrees of language endangerment / Michael Krauss -- Threatened languages in Hispanic South America / Willem F.H. Adelaar -- Endangered languages of lowland tropical South America / Denny Moore -- Endangered languages of Mexico and Central America / Colette Grinevald -- Endangered languages in USA and Canada / Akira Yamamoto -- Language endangerment in Northern Africa / Matthias Brenzinger -- Endangered languages in West Africa / Roger Blench -- Endangered languages in Central Africa / Bruce Connell -- Language endangerment in Southern and Eastern Africa / Matthias Brenzinger -- Endangered languages in Europe / Tapani Salminen -- Language endangerment in the CIS / Olga Kazakevich and Aleksandr Kibrik -- Endangered languages of the Middle East / Jonathan Owens -- Language endangerment in China and mainland Southeast Asia / David Bradley -- Endangered languages of South Asia / George van Driem -- Warramurrungunji undon : Australian languages in the 51st millennium / Nicholas Evans -- Threatened languages in the Western Pacific Area from Taiwan to, and including, Papua New Guinea / Stephen A. Wurm -- The languages of the Pacific region : the Austronesian languages of Oceania / Darrell Tryon |
| Summary |
This book compiles unique contributions on the extent and kinds of language endangerment world-wide. Besides presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the subcontinental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. Aspects of the actual study of endangered languages within fieldwork frameworks are carefully examined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Language attrition.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Language attrition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brenzinger, Matthias, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9783110197129 |
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311019712X |
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3110170493 |
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9783110170498 |
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3110170507 |
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9783110170504 |
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9783110905694 |
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3110905698 |
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1282193708 |
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9781282193703 |
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9786612193705 |
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6612193700 |
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