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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Harrison, K. David. When languages die. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006045308 (OCoLC)65425996 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
K David Harrison |
ISBN: | 9780198040170 0198040172 1281162515 9781281162519 9780199870622 0199870624 0199707286 9780199707287 9781429486996 1429486996 9786611162511 6611162518 |
OCLC Number: | 171255828 |
Language Note: | English. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2007. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Details: | 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. |
Contents: | A world of many (fewer) voices -- An extinction of (ideas about) species -- Case study : vanishing herds and reindeer words -- Many moons ago : traditional calendars and time-reckoning -- Case study : nomads of western Mongolia -- An atlas in the mind -- Case study : wheel of fortune and a blessing -- Silent storytellers, lost legends -- Case study : new rice versus old knowledge -- Endangered number systems : counting to twenty on your toes -- Case study : the leaf-cup people, India's modern 'primitives' -- Worlds within words. |
Series Title: | Oxford studies in sociolinguistics. |
Responsibility: | K. David Harrison. |
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In this scholarly yet very readable study, Harrison writes powerfully of the value and beauty of these vanishing knowledge systems. * PD Smith, The Guardian * K. David Harrison makes an excellent case for studying our disappearing languages. Intrepid and dedicated, he is committed to salvaging what he can before it is too late. * Gregory Norminton, TLS * Read more...


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- Language obsolescence.
- Langage et langues -- Disparition.
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
- Uitstervende talen.
- Kennisoverdracht.
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